“The advice is meant for anyone joining the early stages of a hypergrowth team (15-150 people; multiplying in revenue, investments and/or headcount). Usually in the first 1-3 years of a startup. Most of the advice I would not give in […]
“Think for a minute about your friendships. Some friends you would text with any silly thought; others you only call a couple of times a year. Some are people you look up to; others you like, but do not especially […]
This statistic was a strong opener to the article. “We’re filling our lives with so much junk that the U.S. now has more self-storage facilities than McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger Kings, Starbucks and Walmarts combined. That’s around 50,000 storage complexes.” | learn more
Jason Cohen doesn’t think exponential growth is a thing. He offers an alternative model that better fits a variety of growth data from hypergrowth products and companies. Lots of great charts to make a strong semantic point. | learn more
A valuable lesson on path dependency. Or why “we’ll just change it later” is a strategy with risks. | learn more
“Happiness tends to decline throughout young adulthood and middle age, bottoming out at about age 50. After that, it heads back up again into one’s mid-60s. Then something strange happens. Older people split into two groups as they get old: […]
“This new invention won’t change everything. This emerging disease won’t become a global pandemic. This conspiracy theory is dumb. This outsider hasn’t disproven the experts. This new drug won’t work. This dark horse candidate won’t win the election. This potential […]
“If your team’s interactions are becoming predictable or languishing in a flat line, it might be time to stir things up. These four strategies can break stale habits in your team and raise the temperature in your meetings…” | learn more
A very good keynote speech from Dean Williams of Batterymarch Financial Management. “Confidence in a forecast rises with the amount of information that goes into it. But the accuracy of the forecast stays the same.” | learn more
“Benjamin Graham, one of the great investors, suggested to his protégé Warren Buffett in 1951 that Buffett ought to sit out the market: the Dow had been below 200 every year in history except 1951, so why not wait a […]