Newmark's Door

Easy and a whole lot quicker.

I'm a sucker for business person with initiative and drive makes good stories.

I saw the HBO documentary on Theranos. It brought to mind (George) Costanza's Theorem: "It's not a lie if you believe it," 

Related: "An HBO Documentary about the Theranos Fraud Raises Concerns"--it's right about the two "mistakes" but they're both very picky--and "Golden Age of the Grift".

I hold no brief for Atlas Shrugged--rather than a novel, it would have been far better as a philosophical tract at about one-sixth the length--but this take on one of its central messages is useful and quite correct:

Atlas Shrugged shows us an all-too-familiar pattern: Washington do-gooders blaming the problems they’ve created on the free market, and using them as a pretext for expanding their power. And more: it provides the fundamental explanation for why the government gets away with continually increasing its control over the economy and our lives.

Not terribly surprising: unless you get millions of view, it's not very remunerative.

Nice idea, lousy business model.

Earning a living in 2019.

My dad was a CPA and he noted that there are lots of ways to fake accounting numbers, but that it's real darn difficult to fake a dividend check.

A change that I think will be all to the good:

The consumerization of healthcare is redefining how consumers engage with providers across each stage of care.

"It shines an unflattering light on many people involved in the Amazon decision but its analysis of twitter mobs goes well beyond Amazon."