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The Financialization of Disruptive Technology

The Agile Manager

A recent FT Lex article on biotech investing drives the point home: "A 20-year study found only one-fifth of exits were profitable. Cheap capital makes it easy for anybody to enter the innovation game. Deep pocketed investors make it expensive to stay in the innovation game. Investment yields are highly concentrated.

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What I Read in 2017

Tim Kadlec

The Code Book by Simon Singh 4 ⁄ 5 A fascinating walk through the history of cryptography! The setting is imaginative and full of unique biotech. Learning HTTP/2 by Stephen Ludin and Javier Garza 4 ⁄ 5 Short, readable introduction to HTTP/2 from two people who have spent a ton of time working with it. Great starting point!

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