I had the pleasure of attending Renaissance Week-End (www.renaissanceweekend.org) over President’s Day Week-End. Renaissance Week-End is a gathering of interesting people from all disciplines who basically meet to talk about … Continue reading “”

I just came across a great article in the New York Times. A few decades ago, economics mattered greatly with John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman directly influencing policy decisions. … Continue reading “”

With the growth of online advertising, many businesses are evolving from paid business models to free ad supported business models. The Economist had an interesting article on the topic in … Continue reading “”

I am an economist by formation and at heart if not by trade and I am appalled by the terrible quality of the economic policy recommendations from essentially all candidates … Continue reading “”

Paul Graham wrote these two interesting articles on the topic: How to Fund a Startup The Equity Equation

Many of you have written asking how you should value your startup during the fund raising process. There is no easy answer. I will start by telling you how your … Continue reading “”

The phenomenal video “Here comes another bubble” by the Richter Scales (see: http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=274) inspired this great video on the Wall Street metldown.

Somehow all my Princeton friends started taking personality tests a week ago to see if they had changed over time so I decided to join them. I took: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm. When … Continue reading “”

The road to hell is paved with good intentions! In public policy above all else, I have often found that some of the best intentioned laws end up having the … Continue reading “”

The mother of an OLX employee called 911 in Argentina to report a robbery in progress across her street. The police did not answer, but played a “helpful” message: “If … Continue reading “”

While on the topic of hiring, my friend Auren just wrote a great article as to why great people are so much more valuable than good people, especially for engineers. … Continue reading “”

A lot has been written about the science of hiring: finding candidates through referrals, having multiple interviewers, getting references from potential recruits’ bosses, etc. In fact, I would recommend you … Continue reading “”

A few months ago I described the “Grinda Hypothesis” where I posited that social networks would be hard to monetize (Advertising on Facebook and MySpace: the “Grinda Hypothesis”). It seems … Continue reading “”

I would very much like the deal to go through and actually succeed! For the sake of innovation, the Internet needs the search and online advertising business to be competitive. … Continue reading “”

Virgil Griffith analyzed the top 10 books listed on Facebook by students in a college versus the average SAT scores for the school and the results are hilarious! The students … Continue reading “”