“Vast ills have followed a belief in certainty.”
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
― Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
“Biotechnology isn’t just accelerating at the speed of Moore’s law, it’s accelerating at five times the speed of Moore’s law—doubling in power and halving in price every four months!”
― Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
― Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
“Entrepreneurship is rapidly emerging as a pillar of modern economic development, with cities, states, and countries coming to understand that their futures depend on new people creating new businesses that, in turn, create new jobs.”
― Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
― Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
“Disruption has become the norm in business. But this doesn't always mean massive and world-changing disruption. Sometimes, it just means that the world is a bit more open to conducting business the way you'd prefer to do it these days.”
― The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators
― The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators
“At the end of World War II, the average holding period for a stock was four years. By 2000, it was eight months. By 2008, it was two months. And by 2011 it was twenty-two seconds, at least according to one professor’s estimates. One founder of a prominent high-frequency trading outfit once claimed his firm’s average holding period was a mere eleven seconds.”
― Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
― Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
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