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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

An instructive war story : During the mid-1990s, a grad school buddy took a senior job at a tech startup that came with lots of stock. These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities). In late 1996, they were bought by Yahoo!

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

The ultrarich are growing in numbers, and changing wealth as we know it. ( Imagine if every sentence in a story were expected to contain the same number of alphanumeric characters. Or why we need less math in music theory. ( Everyone else hasnt. WSJ ) In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmarks Liberals Winning?

Math 162
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A Billion Dollars isn’t Cool

The Irrelevant Investor

When The Wall Street Journal first published "The Billion Dollar Startup Club" in February 2015, 84 companies had the rare unicorn status. These numbers, which felt crazy at the time, seem quaint compared to today. Today there are 1,000 of 'em. A private company with a billion-dollar valuation used to be special. Now it's ordinary.

Math 52
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15 Recession-Proof Businesses That Thrive in Any Economy

Clever Girl Finance

They aren’t likely to get rid of the person who knows the numbers. If you’re good with math, then turning to financial planning or accounting or opening up a similar company could be one of the best recession proof businesses to start! Many recession-proof business ideas can be started on a small budget.

Economy 69
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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

The Big Picture

Brad Gerstner is a founder and investor in technology startups. And he had a little startup RV company called Forest River. But one of the things I learned in that first startup, I had two guys on the two investors who were not traditional venture capitalists. What can I say? Once again? I have an extra special guest.

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NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence

Brown Advisory

has led AI research out of the gate, with its national focus on entrepreneurship and the startup infrastructure afforded by Silicon Valley and other innovation hubs. But the activity gap has narrowed over the past five years, and a growing number of startups, patent filings and VC dollars are now driven by Chinese innovation.

Startup 52
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NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence

Brown Advisory

has led AI research out of the gate, with its national focus on entrepreneurship and the startup infrastructure afforded by Silicon Valley and other innovation hubs. But the activity gap has narrowed over the past five years, and a growing number of startups, patent filings and VC dollars are now driven by Chinese innovation.

Startup 52