Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture

Objective, long-term, strategic, macro view

Why inflation doesn’t matter yet

In 2010, the year’s inflation rate was 1.64 percent. The year prior we experienced deflation for the first time in many decades, at -.34 percent. This year’s annual rate, so far, is averaging 2.14 percent. It’s not screaming upward, but … Continue reading

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Choosing up sides

As you consider joining your fate with others, would you rather work with a lazy genius, or an average person who won’t give up?

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A tad less hand-wringing is in order

“I can predict when a senior officer is going to be fired,” Steve said, and sipped his coffee.

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A glorious fireball at the end of the runway

That’s how Jared described one of his entrepreneurial adventures to me, during a presentation about his business in the hopes that our investment company might participate in his Series A.

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