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January 15, 2018 Volume 11 |
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Welcome to 2018!
Few milestones are more refreshing than the beginning of a new year. We had a wonderful 2017, and now we’re looking forward to the fun of focusing on investing for fund 1. We completed an addition of a fourth investment at the very end of December.
In this issue, we focus on issues surrounding managing a company. We are often asked for recommendations on books about management. We recommend three-
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
- Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babben
- The Everything Store, by Brad Stone (one of Dave’s favorites)
We chose these because each illustrates a particular skill needed to run a company. In order of the recommendations, these include management basics, the power of purpose and determination and the power of data analytics — the basis of our competitive edge. Enjoy!
Dave & Mark
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Where are we now? The US economy seems to be running faster as we enter the New Year. The backdrop is set for a not-too-hot and not-too-cold US economy. From an economic perspective, the world seems to be just right. Geopolitical risks are concerning, but at least they’re well known.
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I founded Bison, the go-to resource for private fund investments, motivated by a need to solve a problem for institutional investors. I was clear about my mission to create the best source of information for the institutional investing industry. My mission sustained me through tough times in the early days (and beyond).
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When I was a CMO at a large financial services company, I learned how hard it is to gain and maintain insight into customers. The challenge: Find meaningful signals in transaction data to remind customers they made a smart choice doing business with you, and empowering a new conversation to expand the relationship.
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Banks are traditionally stodgy institutions built on creaky, old infrastructure and usually being the last ones to adopt new technologies. This has been true regarding robo-advisors and digital advice platforms, where broker-dealers and RIA's have taken the lead over the past few years.
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An interview with our summer interns, describing their experience building startups from scratch in the Cogo Labs summer internship program
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Many executives don’t recognize the threat posed by failing to respond to digital disruption.
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Try really hard, and then stop, recover, and repeat.
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Building a successful tech startup and putting together a band are more similar than most entrepreneurs and musicians would like to admit.
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They personalize instruction to help their employees soar.
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