Steve Blank Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid
This part 2 of the Secret History of Polaroid and Edwin Land. Read part 1 for context. Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century,…
Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications
Today, most applications can send hundreds of requests for a single page. For example, my Twitter home page sends around 300 requests, and an Amazon product details page sends around…
Why the New T+1 Settlement Cycle Matters: A Global Index Provider’s Perspective
The clearing and settlement of equity trades may not sound like the most exciting subject, but it is an important one. And this year something big is happening. The US…
Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications
Today, most applications can send hundreds of requests for a single page. For example, my Twitter home page sends around 300 requests, and an Amazon product details page sends around…
Leveraging AI to Identify and Predict Financial Crises
Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve our ability to identify and predict financial crises. A key innovation in AI is the ability to learn from data without being told exactly what…
Why Your Portfolio Should Include Scarce Assets
Most investable assets and strategies tend to cluster into two broad groups: productive and scarce. This is an important concept for the asset-owner-level portfolio construction and asset allocation process, since…
Plenty raises $5M for couples’ financial planning app
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo talks Olympics, Adidas appoints former WNBA player Candace Parker as president of its women’s basketball business, and a new fintech platform wants…
How Not To Be A Supermodel
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for*: my first ever book, How Not To Be A Supermodel, is available for pre-order! Here! An actual book that you will be…
Baby boomers’ soaring divorce rates risk women’s finances
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! An investigation finds widespread sexual misconduct at the FDIC, young people don’t want to move to states with abortion bans, and women have the most to…
Coiled Tight: Smaller Companies Are Primed for Outperformance
In his keynote speech at the Ben Graham Centre’s 2024 Value Investing Conference in Toronto, Jason Zweig, a veteran columnist for The Wall Street Journal, asked, rhetorically: “What cannot be…
