Matt Levine wrote an article for Bloomberg titled 23andMe is Just Me Now: Also EF Hutton, Avon CDS, and pig butchering. (19 September 2024) .
Continue reading “Hijacking the brand equity of EF Hutton”Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost
Camille Moore asked Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, “What do you see as the biggest problem that’s facing branding right now?”
Continue reading “Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost”CFOs play an outsized role in crushing innovation.
Roger L. Martin wrote a Medium post titled How to Become a Strategic Chief Financial Officer (1 April 2024).
Continue reading “CFOs play an outsized role in crushing innovation. “Zombie companies
Investopedia defines zombies as “companies that earn just enough money to continue operating and service their debt… Zombie companies have no excess capital to spur growth and are considered close to insolvency.” Here are two articles on zombies:
Continue reading “Zombie companies”Amazon profitability (or lack thereof)
Todd Bishop wrote an article for GeekWire titled Amazon would have posted $1.8 billion operating loss in Q4 2021 if not for Amazon Web Services (February 3, 2022).
Continue reading “Amazon profitability (or lack thereof)”financial and economic data websites
Mike Zaccardi wrote a blog post with a list of financial and economic data links. “When I taught at the University of North Florida, I always sought to arm my finance students with the best tools of the trade… Few things get me more pumped than when I come across an impressive financial website—one that doesn’t charge.”
of 133 publicly traded unicorns in the U.S., 89 had cumulative losses greater than their annual revenues
Jeffrey Funk and Adam Acar wrote an article for Nikkei Asia titled Ride-hailing insanity shows Japan is right to shun startups.
Continue reading “of 133 publicly traded unicorns in the U.S., 89 had cumulative losses greater than their annual revenues”Free Cash Flow and Valuation
Matt Bergman tweeted about the difference between enterprise free cash flow and equity free cash flow.
Continue reading “Free Cash Flow and Valuation”Microsoft Excel for Real Estate
Spencer Burton wrote an article for A.CRE (Adventures in Commercial Real Estate) titled The Definitive Guide to Microsoft Excel for Real Estate.
Continue reading “Microsoft Excel for Real Estate”It’s possible for start ups to have too much capital
Annanth Aravinthan wrote a Twitter thread about starting UBER Eats. “Reflecting at my time at UBER, I do think it’s possible for start ups to have “too much capital”. I personally fell into two traps in retrospect…”
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