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I found this beautifully made site which details the current legal status of Bitcoin in each country. I would not count on the accuracy of the service for making any investment decisions but its a decent starting point. Check it out here

February 15, 2014 Business, Computing, Design, Economics, Technology

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I really like this presentation from Reed Hastings who is the CEO of Netflix. The presentation is all about the company culture that he tries to build and its dramatically different from many companies I have seen in operation. Read it here

January 5, 2014 Business, Economics, Technology

Great talk from John Del Vecchio and Tom Jacobs of the Motley Fool detailing some insights into the financial markets. Some take aways are:

  • Cash/Equity/Bond positions and historically what has happened when they fluctuate
  • Capital distribution
  • Picking companies which go down 30% is far easier then picking the ones that go up 30% – much lower rate of success then to failure.

 

December 19, 2012 Business, Economics, Life, Talk, Video

The videos from the Startup School 2012 talks are now live. They include interviews with Mark Zuckerberg, Hiroshi Mititani (Rakuten) and I really liked Patrick Collison’s talk on Stripe.

 

A great talk and Q&A from Cal Newport who talks about his research on why its a bad idea to follow your passion

October 25, 2012 Business, Economics, Education, Life, Talk, Video

Another interesting documentary on the back of We Are Legion. I like the bit where they put a Google sticker on a car and just drive around doing whatever they want!

A great talk and Q&A from Paddy Hirsch on the economy. He wrote a book Man V Markets: Economics Explained (Plain and Simple) which aims to explain the financial environment in basic everyday terms and analogies

October 18, 2012 Business, Economics, Talk, Video