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Buy now, pay later is not a boom, itâs a bubble: Harvard
Initially, spreading out the cost of a big-ticket purchase – like a Peloton, for example – just made financial sense, especially at 0%. Now, 4 in 5 U.S. consumers use…
11 Promises from a Manager: Youâll get feedback from me when itâs fresh.
 News or announcements that significantly impact you, your work, or your team will come from me directly in a 1:1, not revealed in a big meeting. 11 Promises from a…
In US, public companies will now have to disclose their greenhouse gas footprints and any emissions-reduction plans
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a much-anticipated set of requirements for public companies to disclose information about climate risks affecting them, their greenhouse gas footprints and any emissions-reduction…
Google’s Product leader’s advice to new joinees on building trust
Being on a new team can be scary. I run Product teams at Google. Here is the advice I give new people on my team: Your #1 goal is to…
The two poisons of our time: Uncontrolled Salt and Sugar
Allow me to introduce you to the two Poisons of our time, with which are poisoning ourselves and also our children on a daily basis – Uncontrolled Salt/Sodium Sugar In…
Sridhar Vembu on the new world order, upcoming tough times : Self reliance and Resilience are good ideas during such times.
1/ I am sharing the message I have been giving our employees below. “The world faces many serious challenges, that include extremely high levels of debt, serial bubbles in most…
On BharatPe’s Ashneer Grover, Bootstrapping and Some Notes
BharatPe’s Ashneer has quit the company and he is all over the town sharing how bad the VC ecosystem is. And how great, the bootstrapping world is. Not here to…
Explained: SWIFT and Russia. What’s the real deal?
The Ultimate SWIFT and Russia Sanctions explainer You’ve probably been reading lots of people explaining SWIFT, but most explainers miss some key details like đ 1. SWIFT is not a…
Warren Buffet’s Shareholder Letters: 12 timeless principles
The Faulty Premise Framework âA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse – not a remarkable mathematician.â Beware your comparison set. Are you judging crappy relative performance…
The Fed and the crashing markets. Brace yourself.
The Fed had been adding $120 billion a month via QE since the coronacrash. Accelerated QT would mean doing the opposite at more than $50 billion a month ($50 was…
How Michael Jackson leveraged songs written by The Beatles into earning over $1,000,000,000
Yoko Ono had this to say about the acquisition, âBusinessmen who aren’t artists themselves wouldn’t have the consideration Michael has. He loves the songs. He’s very caringâ Michael Jackson leveraged…
Psychology and the Good Life: 7 lessons from Yale’s most popular class
So what does make us happy? The Yale professor studied tons of happy people to find out what works. And certain habits showed up repeatedly in happy people: 1. Spending…
Omicron cases will increase in the coming days – even among fully vaccinated individuals: US President, Biden
If youâre an adult choosing to be unvaccinated, you will face an extremely difficult winter for your family and community. Folks, Omicron cases are on the rise in the United…
How to breathe
The nasal passages donât merely take air in; they clean it, heat it, and moisten it. These actions precursor a release of chemicals that lower blood pressure and regulate the…
We are entering a new period of turbulence [Sridhar Vembu]
What can an individual or business do in the face of such uncertainty? Become cautious and keep a cash pile. That is also increasingly seen. Such cash piles are interpreted…
7 principles that will make you appear (and become) more intelligent today: đ§”
“Keep It Simple, Stupid” Big words, fancy jargon, & complex terms rarely have the intended effect. – Blake Burge 7 principles that will make you appear (and become) more intelligent…
