February 7, 2007
Google has just filed some great data with the SEC on its deal for YouTube. We get to see all the selling shareholders, from angels to VCs to insiders, as well as the returns reaped by YouTube's giggly co-founders, Steve...
Why do so many incompetent senior execs fail so successfully upward? While there are a bunch of recent public examples, I've seen a few private ones lately too:The phenomenon is most common in the business world, where the typical scenario...
All this discussion about New York banning cell phones and iPods from crosswalks is overdue. I hate when those damn things are lying in crosswalks; while they make a satisfying crunching sound, it's hard on low-profile tires. So, why stop...
One of my favorite quirky investment books is Calculated Bets, a comp sci professor's journey through coming up with a working computation model for betting on the jai alai market. While it's nominally about jai alai-related issues, much of the...
