opinion

When you have been brought up most of your life learning how to game the system, the metric for success becomes defined as beating someone rather than curating the life you actually want.

"Don’t use a typewriter. The noise will destroy your sense of rhythm, which still needs years of training." - CS Lewis

No one grows up thinking: "I'm passionate about tax law", but the best tax lawyers fly private jets and have a much broader selection of mates than they deserve.

Lessons on getting educated, unhealthy comparisons and staying humble.

“The good news is that the Italians make the pasta and the Swiss make the watches. But if we stop world trade and the Swiss have to make their own pasta and the Italians have to make their own watches, the world will probably... maybe arguably, people in both countries will be a little worse off.” - Howard Marks [1]

Competitive rivalry in the VC world, recession and tech jobs, a banker's pipe dream and how to legitimately lose money.

Deriving an accurate discount rate is a fool's errand. Value sits with the beholder of cash in his pockets, who are you to say otherwise?

SIA ends an interesting chapter of its history with redemption of its last remaining MCBs.

Even seemingly intelligent humans, when desperate, gullible and possibly even bored enough, will believe nearly everything you tell them.

Not all PE firms are created the same, China, broken return models, decision making, stupid questions, and the art of investor relations.