“When you think about the current present value of the fossil fuel reserves that are on the books, the current fossil fuel companies, the last time that that much wealth was at stake was when the South fought the Civil War.” ThinkingBookWarLastsValuesWealthCompanySouthCurrentsCivil WarFuelStakesReservesLast TimeFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Chris Hayes
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.” PeopleHardRunningWinningCompanySuccessfulGrowingHigherExpectationsDelusionValleysIronicStakesSiliconSilicon Valley Author:David Ulevitch
“To suppose that safety-first consists in having a small gamble in a large number of different companies where I have no information to reach a good judgment, as compared with a substantial stake in a company where one's information is adequate, strikes me as a travesty of investment policy.” FirstsDifferentNumbersCompanyInformationPolicyJudgmentSafetyInvestmentInvestingStrikesStakesAdequateGambleLarge NumbersDiversificationGood JudgmentTravestySafety First Author:John Maynard Keynes
“When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.” WholeArtistSufferingCompanyRecordsProducePaidTablesVideoStakesNew Artists Author:Pharoahe Monch