#Companies

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

COVID is a natural disaster.National lockdown is a necessary response. But 10 million unemployed in two weeks is an economic crisis of our own making.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/economy-ruined-it-didnt-have-be-way/609334/ My 2-p

Mueller, She Wrote

MuellerSheWrote

GOT IT! The drug company the government is purchasing hydroxychloroquine from is Novartis. That’s one of the companies that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to ESSENTIAL CONSULTING: Cohen’s slush

Tim Ludwig

tsludwig

I spent about 6 years working in real estate before becoming an investor/owner of small companies. I've been asked which I liked more and, for me, the answer is small

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Some think patents stand in way of making more vaccines. They don’t. Skill & money do. Just as most of us couldn’t replicate Mona Lisa (no IP there), few can

B. Allen-Ebrahimian

BethanyAllenEbr

The assumption that Hong Kong will decline as a financial hub is predicated on the notion that China can't change international norms.Instead, allow yourself to imagine a Hong Kong that

John Coates⚽️

jciv

A few thoughts on the economic rescue programs. TL;DR; Current programs are likely to benefit large companies (and their employees that aren't laid off), in politically risky ways, and better

Ian Murphy

murph194

In 2007 I needed a job. I started in software sales. I always loved tech. So why not?I had a successful first year and I realized I didn’t suck at

Mat Sherman

Mat_Sherman

I often hear founders telling me they plan on raising $50,000 to then can hire a X to do Y to get them to the next milestone. Unfortunately, if you

Senior Man OA ✨

Biisi96

Based on report from the 14 Global Financial Integrity Report, Nigeria lost an estimated $157.5 billion to illicit financial flows between 2003 and 2012.According to the NCV, two foreign companies

Scott Kupor

skupor

Quick update on this - hearing that the SBA is working expeditiously to release a new (and potentially streamlined) 7A application for the CARES/PPT loan program along with updated guidance

Mike Dunford

questauthority

Google and the various social media platforms are free to *limit* posts at their whim not because of Section 230, but because they are a private company and can set

Gill R

thespiralquirk

Those companies selling tampons & towels for "menstruators" and "people who bleed" who are using those terms on twitter (& possibly other SM) - it's all performative woke pandering. Blatant

Mostly Borrowed Ideas

borrowed_ideas

1/8 Thread: The ServiceNow StoryFred Luddy, founder of $NOW, has an interesting backstory. Luddy was CTO at Peregrine Systems. After working there for 13 years, he had $35 mn stake

Invest Like the Best

InvestLikeBest

What if I told you there was a conglomerate that owned some of your favorite companies?You may have never heard of InterActiveCorp (IAC), but I can promise that you have

Value Dissenter

ValueDissenter

1/ Another FSD thread.@karpathy points out that $TSLA's FSD competitors use high-definition maps to plot out all drivable spaceThese cars don't need to see Stop Signs because they've already programmed/baked

Heidi N. Moore

moorehn

Strongly disagree. Asking new employees to channel their bosses is essentially shutting down autonomy (a key requirement of happiness at work) and any innovative ideas. It presupposes that executives are