The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I’m too dumb to know the difference. – Charles Howard, owner of Seabiscuit addressing comments about his horse, Seabiscuit and the team of people he had assembled to train and race Seabiscuit. Red Pollard was Seabiscuit’s jockey and Tom Smith was […]
Archives for August 2013
iPhone vs Android Phones: Summary Stats
People talk more on Android powered smartphones. People text more on the iPhone. Overall, the iPhone is used 53% more than comparable Android smartphones. iCharts
Ceteris Paribus: When A Startup’s History Really Matters
Once in a while I meet a startup that makes me scratch my head in bewilderment. At first glance everything looks fine, but I can’t help but wonder if I might be missing something. In such instances I think to myself; Is there some important detail that is not so obvious, and that is concealed […]
Really High Speed Travel: Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
This falls in the category of what some people might term a big, hairy, audacious goal. You can read the initial documentation here: Hyperloop Alpha PDF, and Forbes’ commentary here: Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself. You can read about a design that bests the speed records claimed by hyperloop in this […]
Weibo is Growing Exponentially!!
At this rate Weibo will soon be bigger than Twitter. iCharts
A Reexamination: Can Venture Capitalists be Value Investors?
Let’s begin with some disclaimers. I have never actually been a value investor. I have also never made individual picks of stocks traded on the public markets. I was completely oblivious of stock markets until soon after I had graduated college in 2001. Before I arrived in the United States in 1997, I would not […]