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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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In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. 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 capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses. What drives economic inequality in the US?

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