I just came across a great article in the New York Times. A few decades ago, economics mattered … Leggi tutto “Making economics relevant again”

With the growth of online advertising, many businesses are evolving from paid business models to free ad supported … Leggi tutto “Free Sex :)”

I am an economist by formation and at heart if not by trade and I am appalled by … Leggi tutto “Policy recommendation for the candidates”

Paul Graham wrote these two interesting articles on the topic: How to Fund a Startup The Equity Equation

Many of you have written asking how you should value your startup during the fund raising process. There … Leggi tutto “Startup Valuations”

The phenomenal video “Here comes another bubble” by the Richter Scales (see: http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=274) inspired this great video on … Leggi tutto “Wall Street Meltdown”

Somehow all my Princeton friends started taking personality tests a week ago to see if they had changed … Leggi tutto “Fun with personality types”

The road to hell is paved with good intentions! In public policy above all else, I have often … Leggi tutto “The power of unintended consequences”

The mother of an OLX employee called 911 in Argentina to report a robbery in progress across her … Leggi tutto “Be grateful you live in the US!”

While on the topic of hiring, my friend Auren just wrote a great article as to why great … Leggi tutto “The power of great people (why “good enough” won’t cut it)”

A lot has been written about the science of hiring: finding candidates through referrals, having multiple interviewers, getting … Leggi tutto “The art of hiring”

A few months ago I described the “Grinda Hypothesis” where I posited that social networks would be hard … Leggi tutto “Google’s Loss is Murdoch’s Gain”

I would very much like the deal to go through and actually succeed! For the sake of innovation, … Leggi tutto “My take on the Microsoft – Yahoo deal”

Virgil Griffith analyzed the top 10 books listed on Facebook by students in a college versus the average … Leggi tutto “Books that make you dumb :)”

We were evaluating webcams for doing video conferences over Skype between the OLX New York & Argentina offices … Leggi tutto “The Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 and Orbit AF are great webcams”