Your startup needs to do EVERYTHING: Raise money, build a team, develop a product/service, sell to customers, build the admin infrastructure to support it all… It’s hard to prioritize. It’s even hard to make a semi-complete “to do list”. That’s why I created this horrible acronym: ASAP EFF PP The letters make more sense in…
My dad did tax returns by hand. No computers, no electronic calculators. Carbon paper was the big time-saving tech innovation at CPA firms of the early 1960’s. Then computers came along. Tax preparation became much… Harder. Yes, auto-calculation made the basic math easier. But the era of basic math was over. Complexity exploded. Soon, it…
I don’t share too many details about my specific projects or responsibilities. People are curious. “Exactly what can you do?” The answer: A lot more than you expect. Good dog, Bailey. Good dog.
Deep Water Management Limited formally launched its Hong Kong business in April 2016. The plan was to help hedge funds & small finance firms compete with the big players: Innovation, new products, process improvement, reg compliance, internal controls… But Mike Tyson warned me, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” My…
It’s a few years old, but still informative and amazing. Source: xkcd: Money