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For myself and others in my social circle (mid 30's Americans), we'll often comment on something in each others' Instagram Stories and have a casual chat. Usually these are quick c…

Look, people spend money on it because people DO look at these things. I don't think a big splashy banner in my signature looks good, but if I get even a handful of extra people at…

Look, a lot of people insist advertising "doesn't work on them", but the whole hundreds of billions of $ industry works because it DOES have a reliable ROI. I'm just explaining the…

Typically spend that is tied to an anticipated incremental revenue is easier to approve ("this $20k investment will be worth it if we only get one $50k booking out of it"). That's …

It's useful for customer-facing roles. From a sales context, it means that you can have a dynamic signature that includes a) up to date logos and branding and b) a dynamic list of …

Aha- that's a good anecdote. Regardless of the perceived/ actual waiting time, however, it's MUCH better not to have to wait for a bag at all- going straight to curb or car rental …

Overhead bin space is the big reason- give the somewhat (last 5 years-ish) changes to charging for the 1st checked bag, many who would have otherwise checked a bag are bringing on …

Ya I'm with you, hence the scare quotes. In any case, I'm not defending the MBA industrial complex, but it is an attractive, valuable, and stable system they've set up. I definitel…

Right- the current state of affairs serves the top-tier MBA programs, their graduates, and management consulting/ banking/ PE firms very well for the time being. Top-tier MBA proga…

A problem for who? Certainly not for the MBA programs and their graduates.

I really don't know in that case.

This is something I wrote for a previous post on Hackernews re MBAs: I went to one of the top-tier (top 3) MBA programs in the US. The way I've described that value of the top MBA …

I was at a company previously that had a liquidity event, and many of my colleagues (not me unfortunately) had very meaningful stock awards. A lot of people discussed what they sho…

I don't have a clear stance on whether O365 is "better" than G-Suite, either, but the lock-in is real. For non-technical business users, having a deep expertise in Excel (and knowi…

I was there at the end of June- it's pretty spectacular. We arrived on a Friday morning at 7am to beat the heat, and we were the only tourists on site at all. Extremely surreal to …

There are a few exceptions to the above- for instance, often schools that aren't in the top 3 nationwide can punch above their weight in regional networks. For instance, if you wan…

The whole pitch at the elite institutions is that they don't WANT to pitch it as some sort of dollars-and-cents ROI. They want to advertise the prestige, the education, etc. There'…

That's probably overly dismissive. Obviously state schools are super valuable for undergrad- I went to one. I just wouldn't pay a ton of money for an MBA from one of them.

I went to one of the top-tier (top 3) MBA programs in the US. The way I've described that value of the top MBA programs is in 3 (roughly equally-weighted) categories: 1) The Educat…

Yeah- I have a ton of sympathy for folks driven in to homelessness by economic hardship, or mental illness, or even addiction, but the crust punks are INCREDIBLY frustrating for a …

Yeah, they're often referred to as "crust punks" or "crusties" (and I think that's the name they use for themselves). Plenty of articles about them- absolutely homeless by choice, …

That sounds right- they may also ask for other PR concessions, like very publicly admitting they violated the terms of the agreement and re-committing to being good citizens of the…

"Competition" doesn't have to be narrowly defined. In general, Apple, Google, and Facebook are 3 of the largest technology companies in the world. In general, they have areas where…

It's not anti-competitive, but it is unfair. The reality, though, is that this sort of behavior in VERY large, VERY influential companies is going to draw way more scrutiny than a …

Anything that smells anticompetitive is kind of a dangerous dance- by preventing two of their largest competitors from developing on their platform I think they'd be inviting some …