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In The Mathematics of Love, Hannah Fry explains the Gale-Shapley matching algorithm, which essentially proves that “If you put yourself out there, start at the top of the list, and work your way down, you’ll always end up with the best possible person who’ll have you. If you sit around and wait for people to talk to you, you’ll end up with the least bad person who approaches you. Regardless of the type of relationship you’re after, it pays to take the initiative.”
Math Makes Life Beautiful. - Farnam Street
fs.blog
The prosumer segment is very attractive due to its market size with tens of millions of potential customers. If you manage to capture only a fraction of them paying 5$ — 10$ per month you can build a significant business. Another advantage of this model is the “land and expand” strategy a.k.a employees bring their own software within their company which is “forced” to buy a pro version after a while.
SaaS: What Happened to the “Prosumer” Model?
medium.com
VC beggingWell here’s one important difference between public and private markets. If you want to bet on the artificial intelligence boom, you can buy stock in Nvidia Corp., which is in various ways likely to profit from that boom. A lot of people have the same idea, though, so the market to buy Nvidia stock is competitive. You’ll have to pay like $183.61 per share for Nvidia (based on yesterday’s close), which is a lot, up more than 1,350% over the last five years.
Private Equity Is Getting Boring
bloomberg.com
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