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What is a Customer Worth?
Jul 24, 2024

What is a Customer Worth?

Customer lifetime value calculations are always a rough guess

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Primary and Secondary Capital
Jul 17, 2024

Primary and Secondary Capital

Most Investment Activity is Trading Already-Existing Things, Not Investing in New Ones. That's Fine.

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Mission and Vanity
Jul 10, 2024

Mission and Vanity

Two Ways not to be Just About the Bottom Line

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
What Counts as "Strategic"?
Jul 03, 2024

What Counts as "Strategic"?

Why not just say "Profitable?"

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
What Makes Money Worth Something?
Jun 26, 2024

What Makes Money Worth Something?

Or: A Concise Monetary History from the Dawn of Civilization to the Present

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Should You Learn to Code Even If You Don't Plan to be a Software Engineer?
Jun 12, 2024

Should You Learn to Code Even If You Don't Plan to be a Software Engineer?

And, since this is 2024: should you learn to code if you do plan to become a software engineer?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
When It's Legible, It's Too Late
Jun 05, 2024

When It's Legible, It's Too Late

Calibrating Your Expectations on Scenes and Golden Ages

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
The Economics of Working 80+-Hour Weeks
May 29, 2024

The Economics of Working 80+-Hour Weeks

Or: Why Don't Banks, Biglaw, Consulting, and Accounting Just Hire Twice As Many People and Work Them 9-to-5?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
On Secret Weapons and Magic Bullets
May 22, 2024

On Secret Weapons and Magic Bullets

There's Never One Weird Trick

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Should Schools Teach Financial Literacy?
May 15, 2024

Should Schools Teach Financial Literacy?

And if they do, how?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Choosing the Right Counterparty
May 08, 2024

Choosing the Right Counterparty

Achieving Relative Outperformance by Changing Who You're Competing With

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Moonshots or Buybacks?
May 01, 2024

Moonshots or Buybacks?

Why Do Companies Allocate to Speculative R&D?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
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