Weekend Reading
Writing worth reading - 4th/5th March 2023
Lucy Kellaway’s lessons on life from moving to the North East by Lucy Kellaway
“This emphasis on love seems to me oddly profound, because from it everything else flows. If you force yourself to care deeply for every one of your students, you work harder for them, you want the best for them. All the other stuff I learnt in teacher training after leaving my...”
University student makes $110mn trading meme stock favourite Bed Bath & Beyond by Antoine Gara and Madison Darbyshire
“The increase in its share price has been driven by interest from retail investors attracted by the stock’s small free float and a significant number of short sellers betting the share price will fall…”
An LPs Guide to Venture Funds (Part 1) - The Unbundling and a Framework by Jordan
“Because the investor picks the asset and the asset picks the investor, venture managers often find themselves having to sell their money. When money is worth little, it’s easier to get it from LPs, and tougher to sell it to founders. Here, GPs who “win” will win.…”
The Art and Science of Spending Money by Morgan Housel
“The thing that is least perceived about wealth is that all pleasure in money ends at the point where economy becomes unnecessary. The man who can buy anything he covets, without any consultation with his banker, values nothing that he buys.…”
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