July 2010
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Citigroup May Move Traders to Hedge Funds for... →
The essence of Goodhart’s Law is at play here. Financial innovation will always be one step ahead of financial regulation. Let’s put that statement into context:
Once you start measuring GDP as a way of gauging social welfare, people will start to figure out ways to make GDP go up without improving social welfare (say, by swapping dirty financial derivatives). Once Google starts...
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Venture Capital Or Angel Investment? →
Here’s something that they don’t teach you in business school. Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures answers the question: When should you take on angel investment versus early-stage venture capital?
A company without a product in the market is a very risky proposition. Some VC firms will invest at this stage but I am not sure its entirely appropriate for VCs to invest at this...
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In Defense of Videophilia →
Earlier this week, Gizmodo accurately portrayed the sad state that Hi-Fi audio is in. Unfortunately, they failed to explore any possible causes of this. Here is why I think Hi-Fi audio cannot compete with HD TVs.
In the 1970s Richard Bandler and John Grinder, the founders of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, noticed in their early work with clients that people could be roughly divided into three...
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In Terms of Brand Name Preservation, Apple Must... →
In 1982 Johnson & Johnson recalled over 31 million bottles of Tylenol products at a cost of $100 million after a mere 7 bottles were found to have been tampered with. In terms of cost, the recall was very expensive, however, it was necessary to preserve the Tylenol brand.
Apple is in a similar situation, a corporate crisis. They can either admit guilt and recall every iPhone 4 that they have...