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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

Barry Ritholtz

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

Barry Ritholtz

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?

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Data Enablers: SigOpt’s Machine Learning Tools Help Businesses Optimize Operations

PYMNTS

From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. For his own part, Clark said he would not have been able to create machine learnings startup SigOpt without learning from the mentors in his life. “I PYMNTS: Can you explain the business?

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1% in net retention could mean millions in MRR; shown thru colorful charts

BlueLight

In this blog, I’m going to apply that math to a growing startup. You’ll see how a 1% delta in net retention could mean tens of millions in MRR for your startup. Startup: Alex’s Lemonade SaaS Stand ?? Remember, when revenue numbers get bigger, net retention makes a huge difference. This is a good one.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Black Friday

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Switzerland gives bitcoin a hand by way of rail ticket machine sales, an Australian startup banks on the aptly named Dash and Zcash fervor fades. But as markets saw their prices fall, bitcoin’s numbers went up. In this week’s Bitcoin Tracker, bitcoin soars, then settles down and plans for its yearly sale abound.

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Fee Schedule Complexity & The Fear Of Missing Opportunities

CFO News Room

As a starting point, it’s important to understand that as the financial services industry has evolved into the digital age, it has become increasingly common for financial advisors to rely on web-based business development strategies where the typical number of ‘prospects’ who visit the advisor’s website are often astronomically large.

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Tech Center: Microsoft In Montreal, Puerto Rico’s Entrepreneurism

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So good in fact, Fortune reported, that the company announced plans to double the size of its local AI research group, increasing the number of team members from 40 to 80. Despite the challenging environment, I am optimistic that a vibrant startup scene is possible in Puerto Rico.”. Indianapolis Sheds Manufacturing Reputation.

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