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Selection Effects
Nov 13, 2024

Selection Effects

If You're Looking at a Truly Random Sample, You're Either Lucky or Deluded

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Why Middlemen Don't Get Eliminated
Nov 06, 2024

Why Middlemen Don't Get Eliminated

Retailers, Distributors, and Platforms

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
What Companies Do Well is Not Necessarily How They Make Money
Oct 30, 2024

What Companies Do Well is Not Necessarily How They Make Money

Thoughts on business models that don't seem to make perfect sense

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Locking in Funding
Oct 23, 2024

Locking in Funding

On Mortgages, Margin Loans, Milestones, and Multi-Strats

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
The Principal-Agent Problem
Oct 16, 2024

The Principal-Agent Problem

You're Always Solving Multiple Problems at Once

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Gaming Out Money
Oct 09, 2024

Gaming Out Money

Can Games Accurately Simulate Economic Reality? Should They?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Central Nodes
Oct 02, 2024

Central Nodes

Over The Course of Your Career, More and More of the Value You Create Comes from Connections—Between People and Between Facts

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Why the Two-Year?
Sep 25, 2024

Why the Two-Year?

Which Measure of the Price of Money Matters Most?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Sell Once, Then Sell Again and Again
Sep 18, 2024

Sell Once, Then Sell Again and Again

On CAC and Cohorts

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
What Do We Mean By "Efficient Markets"?
Sep 11, 2024

What Do We Mean By "Efficient Markets"?

Are Prices Perfect? No, But It's Easier to Reason About Them When We Assume They're Good-Enough

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
There Are Plenty of Decent Equilibria
Sep 04, 2024

There Are Plenty of Decent Equilibria

Good Rules Make a Big Difference, But Consistent Rules Often Work

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
Understanding Buybacks
Aug 28, 2024

Understanding Buybacks

Corporate America's Worst Sin or a Slightly Better Structure for a Dividend?

Byrne Hobart
Byrne Hobart
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