1929 courtesy of the Orange County Library It is a history book about the crash - but no lessons for today! I finally made my way through the book. It is a huge collection of facts sequenced as anecdotes. Each one makes for interesting reading and is well researched. Unfortunately the author Andrew Ross Sorkin never addresses the obvious similarities to the age we are living in now. Only in the epilogue does he make some observations that allude to our current level of record

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Since Investors know that 2% of Founders die within 5 years do not be surprised if this happens: Your Start-Up is a success and you are meeting with potential investors for your next round of funding. All seems to be going well, when the Partner of the VC company asks you: What happens to the company if you die suddenly? Great moment of awkwardness. You either hem and haw while trying to wing it or you confidently say, “We have a succession plan in place!” If your company has

During the last 12 months we worked on projects involving robot lawn mowers. Because that was a new area for us, we ended up doing quite...