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Is the objective magic or margin?
Do I believe in the importance of knowing how to calculate the profit maximizing price, understanding the elasticity of demand, and appreciating price/volume trade-offs? Absolutely! Every business person / entrepreneur should have a good grasp of these fundamentals. But that doesn’t mean we have to set the price at the profit maximizing price, because that’s […]
The Ever-Evolving MBA
Interesting article this morning in the NYTimes that highlights the challenges of keeping business education relevant in today’s rapidly changing environment. Here’s an excerpt, with a link to the full article that uses some examples from Cornell Tech’s innovative program that brings M.B.A. candidates and graduate students in computer science together. Greg Pass, the former […]
How to Build Great Teams from the CEOs of Airbnb & Pinterest
Stanford’s How to Start a Start-up course by Sam Altman is built around guest lectures / discussions by the folks who have done it themselves. Recently, the course focused on how build great culture – perhaps the most important ingredient of successful businesses – and brought in Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and Pinterest CEO Ben […]