Hardware is Hard
Hardware is Hard – Fun with numbers – A hardware company could spend $3 million to launch their first device. A software company could get to revenue faster and still have a $1 million to market a product with recurring revenue.
Category Archives: Business Model
How does Amazon do it?
How does Amazon do it? – Amazon seems to have created a new model for building conglomerates
Financial models – This is the Way
Financial models – This is the Way. Build simple, cash models. Models do not give answers, they show constraints and trade-offs, and are a tool for making informed decisions. We have a few suggestions on the right way to build them.
Org Chart as a Service
Org Chart as an Service- Amazon’s growth is built on an incredibly flexible organizational structure
Why is no one investing in games?
Traditional ventures have some good reasons for shunning investing in games, but that leaves a big blind spot for someone else to fill.
A Proposal for Intel – Time to Go Private
Intel has been in the news lately, largely because of its CEO transition, which gives the impression of a company in turmoil. In truth, the root of Intel’s problems lay […]
How to Rebuild Research
To continue with this cycle on equity research (here and here and here) we thought we would try to imagine a new model for research. First, we have to differentiate […]
Any hope for Equity Research?
As former analysts, we like to keep abreast of the Equity Research business. Unfortunately, the industry is not doing so well. As we detailed a few years ago, the industry […]
Cryptoasset Primer 4: Philosophy and the Case for Bitcoin Adoption
This is part 4 of our series on the basics of cryptoassets. You can find Part 3 here, and the series begins here. One of the important, but also annoying, […]
How to invest in eSports other than buying a team
In our posts so far on eSports (and here and here), we have focused largely on investing in eSports through the eyes of parties looking to invest in teams. That […]
Digits to Dollars 