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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Acquihires and Venture Capital. I’m a VC. But that’s not how you make money in the venture capital business. And reward your existing top 10% of employees handsomely. Change industries.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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This is why I am such a big fan of General Assembly both because they’re teaching more tangible skills but also because they’re working directly with employers to fund classes as well as to onboard the more successful GA students directly. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed). Venture Capital.

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

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I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. VCs also get large tax breaks. We invest large sums of our after-tax money into our funds and this gets a long-term capital gain tax rate when we make a profit.

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