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A good example of this is "eShares" now known as Carta.

Here is their rebranding announcement:

https://carta.com/blog/eshares-is-now-carta/


This was interesting to read because they didn't mention that they failed to acquire eshares.com. https://morganlinton.com/after-raising-over-67m-eshares-fail...


user base.


Does anyone know where this website get its data from? Are there public data sets that they are pulling from?


"People never trust an accommodating man with important things. That may sound harsh and cynical, but check it up in your own experience. If you have a severe illness, for example, you turn to the busiest, most exacting doctor in town. The fact that he is busy and can’t be bothered by little things gives you confidence in his ability and judgment."


On the other hand, you have all those non-accommodating nerds who wonder why their more accommodating colleges with less skills are being promoted.

Also: the busiest doctor in town is the one who did not said "no my schedule is full" despite being overworked already.


Well, there's also the fact that the best doctors are the most in demand, so a doctor who isn't busy isn't that in demand, which is a good indicator that he isn't the best.


I know this is just a metaphorical doctor, but i don't think there are any doctor's who aren't busy


Sherlock Holmes was written by a doctor who wasn't busy, and who therefore had time to write.


"I couldn't save your wife sir, but I wrote a hell of a novel!"


Lmao. Depending on the marriage, that could've changed the man's life for the better. ;)


He also believed in faeries.


Also there can be a zero correlation between being busy, productive and good at what you do.


and of course we all feel comfortable being helped by "the best" doctor after they had a triple 16-hour shift.

It's quite crazy how hard medical professionals are overworked. It's impossible there's not plenty of mistakes happening. Whether you'll ever hear it is something different.


His demo is likely younger, and thus uses Snapchat more frequently than instagram


Here is what someone with that job title would do at Hooli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snBl7KE0bSs


It seems pretty obvious based on Trump's choices for head of EPA, DOE, etc. that even if he is "keeping an open mind" he is appointing people to positions of power that have anything but an open mind in regards to climate change and environmental stewardship.

His recent interview was probably just political posturing so he doesn't get lambasted by the media while he is making these appointments.


I'm hoping these appointments are political posturing, despite how absurd that sounds.


Personnel is policy.


That is a historically true statement, this situation has strayed from historical norms in several ways.


Yes, I think people are in denial still, hoping everything's going to be okay.


The article is from 2014 and it is about a paper studying "social effects in consumption" in a controlled situation (i.e. while you are stuck in an airplane), and another paper about social influences of high schoolers signing up for an SAT prep class.

While the studies are interesting, it is hardly worthy of the click-bait title.

TL;DR if you sit next to someone on an airplane who buys a drink you are 30% more likely to buy a drink yourself (and presumably the study successfully controlled for people traveling together).

Edit: The post title was just changed from what I clicked on "People around you control your mind: The latest evidence" which was so much more entertaining!


The original title was also more accurate. The experiment involved neither "pressure" nor "peers".


Yeah, have to agree with louprado here. The 'People around you control your mind' although a bit more entertaining and click baity is actually more accurate than 'peer' or 'pressure'.


That was just when they were brainstorming new ideas. The emphasis was also on the team lead enforcing this policy, which is definitely achievable if you are a good manager.

In all I thought this sounds extremely effective, especially compared to how they started i.e. "meandering product meetings where we didn’t write down our decisions".


The single 5 star review had some pretty insincere as the "advice to management":

It's pretty easy to openly communicate with management (all the way up to c-level) in my experience, no need to put it on some website when you could discuss it with them directly.


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