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Articles The tech industry is experiencing a midlife crisis. (By Derek Thompson) There has to be some sort of recalibration to risk-reward, and it seems like tech is going through that right now (By Kyla Scanlon) Being irritated that the media and other investors rushed to anoint a bunch of 20-somethings with no experience as genius investors and entrepreneurs is a lot different than suspecting outright fraud, deception, The post These Are the Goods appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.
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