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i believe it is 1 to 1


Well if they can't even do better than the S&P 500. Let's not hope that they'd do much to society analyzing other data. ;)


First things came to my mind being that schools would use these data to determine admission. What kind of applicants will yield the best pay off? (endowment?) Same for companies hiring employees.


Interesting idea. One of the things I found interesting about Moneyball is that the Oakland A's were willing to pay premiums to role players, and older (presumably on their way down) veterans.


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don't twitter often, but try to understand its appeal and user dynamics.


The fact that we never heard of ConnectU but only facebook if they didn't file a law suit made me also think they probably would have failed.


There was an article in 02138 magazine a few years back. It's offline now, but I got some of it here: edit: found the mirror: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=24402

original: http://www.02138mag.com/magazine/article/1724.html


Mike Moritz is a general partner but not an LP I think... an LP is the institutional or individual investors who put money in the fund.


Oops. You're correct. Sorry. I edited it but in a way that still makes your comment relevant.


Since the general partner has full liability for all financial obligations, I imagine the general partner would be another limited liability type firm and Moritz would be an executive hired by the general partner entity.


gotta do it while I still have a university email!


yep, he is so not pissed at what people say about Broadcast.com, as he knows its worth. And he backed that up with numbers.


another one that really strikes me:

Ill tell you what I learned from Bobby Knight: everybody’s got the will to win but when it comes time to doing something, it’s always about someone else. Not many people have the will to prepare. You got to be willing to know your product and environment better than anybody. No matter what you do there is someone out there trying to kick your ass. You got to be the smartest guy in the room about your product.


me neither. stock options and passion are your 2 best friends to win over big businesses


and prospect of a huge success too.


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