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Members Preview: An Easier Way to Create XmR Charts

Early access to some software we've built to make XmR charts more accessible.

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One Definition of Wisdom

Charlie Munger’s biggest business mistake, and what it tells us about wisdom.

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A Most Unlikely Master of Capital Allocation

If the most unlikely, most un-businesslike person could become a masterful capital allocator late in her life, then perhaps you could, too.

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Data and the Capital Cycle: How Koch Became an Empire

How Koch Industries became an empire. We draw on ideas from both the Becoming Data Driven series and the Capital Expertise series.

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Strong at Capital, Bad at Everything Else

Two examples of operators who were strong on the capital side of the business expertise triad, but weak in just about everything else.

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High Roller: Lessons from America's Richest Banker

Andy Beal's story is an astounding story of capital allocation, incidentally making him America's richest banker. A guest post by Frederik Gieschen.

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Beck’s Measurement Model, or Why It’s So Damn Hard to Measure Software Development

A pretty useful lens for when a business activity is easy to measure, and when it is not. Part of the Becoming Data Driven in Business Series.

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Charlie Munger’s Supply Demand Curve Puzzle

What a puzzle from Charlie Munger tells us about a supply-side business model with unreasonably high returns.

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Understand the Shape of the Game You're Playing

What it looks like when you come up with a diagnosis for your business, a thing that is necessary for strategy.

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Fundraising Without Investors

Two personal stories of capital expertise 'in the small' — or why financing creativity can be just as important to smaller businesses, as it is in larger, more sophisticated ones.

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