YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core. At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

A Berkshire Hathaway Chairman’s Letter from 1996 underlines that point. In the letter, Buffett advised, “Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio’s market value.” You can have the best operations. They invest in employee learning (Smarts).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

For example, in 1996 a relatively large supermarket chain “Dominick’s Finer Foods” discovered through experimentation that framing discounts in a bundle (“2 for $1”) instead of as single unit discounts (“1 for 50 cents”) significantly increased the number of units purchased. Will it be a required change or opt-in only? Not really right?

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