The Lean Startup, In Bullet Form
I recently read “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries. The book draws on many of the cases covered during my still-ongoing Stern MBA program. In particular, Ries draws significant inspiration…
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October 2011
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Pretty Music: Jason Robert Brown
A few songs this time: Stars and the Moon, I’d Give It All For You, and The Next Ten Minutes, all by Jason Robert Brown. Mr. Brown (avid blogger and…
My Perspective on Occupy Wall Street
I recently visited Zucotti Park in lower Manhattan, the tent city home of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It was a gloomy, rainy day when I visited, and there were…
Thoughts on Business Plans
At last night’s Digital Media Marketing class, one of our guest lecturers, JB Rudelle, serial entrepreneur and current CEO of criteo.com, gave his perspective on startup business plans: they’re good…
Total Praise? Yes, I Like the Gospel (Music)
Since discovering it in high school, “Total Praise” by Richard Smallwood has remained my favorite piece of gospel music. Yes, perhaps it’s a bit ironic that I like gospel music,…
The Virtue of Selfishness, and Net Neutrality
In a recent NYU Stern class (Economics of Social and Other Networks), we covered the economics of net neutrality, “a principle that advocates no restrictions by Internet service providers or…
Trading Games… Working the Limits
As noted in this post, I’ve been teaching an Order and Execution Management class at work. In my attempt to make this class interesting and interactive, I’ve supplemented lectures with…
Advice to Entrepreneurs from VC Eric Hippeau
Another excellent set of guest lecturers in Digital Media Marketing at NYU Stern this week: Eric Hippeau, a venture capitalist famous for investing in Yahoo and the Huffington Post amongst many others,…
IT is Rubbish: Notes from the Buy-Side Technology Summit
The most inspiring talk at today’s Buy-Side Technology Summit was one hedge fund manager’s passionate appeal to get rid of all IT staff, a comment that generally did not go…
Trading Game… and Chickens, Cows and Horses
I’ve been teaching an Order and Execution Management class to staff at work, and to illustrate a few points on accounting, price setting, the importance of communication, the difference between…