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I had the same feeling the first time I went. Seeing the amazing costumes people had spent hours putting together made me want to develop my own style and kicked my creativity into…

They are a private company owned by the Newhouse family. They can do what they want.

Bear Stearns loved to hire autodidact college dropouts. "Under Greenberg’s control, Bear’s profits grew quickly. At its peak it employed almost 15,000 people. While most Wall Stree…

As the article states these funds were largely raised in 2006 and 2007.

That's only because they waited to do so as a last-ditch effort after their market share cratered. At that point the cheaper alternatives were only purchased by the existing Mac fa…

I don't know what the probability of "drug addicted transients" moving into a foreclosed suburban house is, but I do know that people aren't going to be strongly incentivized to ke…

Exactly the kind of the logic that people use to justify going into the corporate world instead of a startup. For people serious about building a successful startup the possibility…

How could the app store not be profitable? They are getting at least 30 cents of every dollar at almost zero marginal cost.

No they are just clueless, Bebo was purchased for cash.

A friend told me his kids now try to use iphone hand motions on other screens they encounter and are surprised when they don't work. Same age group.

I personally don't see any harm in asking the question "How much value does my job create?" While finance is an exciting field that does provide significant benefit in certain area…

I understand how you are defining value. I am just rejecting that definition because it is both different from how people typically define the term and not particularly useful. For…

Good question, sounds like value is being defined way too narrowly here. The value of farm equipment isn't the intrinsic or salvage value of the metal and other raw materials it is…

Companies are much better managed now than they were a few decades ago. Think about the fact that corporate raiders were able to buy large companies in the 80's, split them apart a…

Profit margin is the important metric to look at in the context of moving to a socialized system. The stats in the linked article say that even if a public entity could run as effi…