Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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When I was younger, my wife always told me I could always just choose to be happy. I didn’t believe her. But, after meditating the past few years, one of my insights is that she was correct.
Clintavo • Good Moments 2023
Now, six months later, she's probably the most feared analyst on Wall Street. The rise in her status is truly sensational, and due, largely, to a single prediction. On Oct. 31, 2007, she was right, and the world was wrong.
How on earth does that happen? I can think of several possibilities.
1) Meredith Whitney is the only analyst on Wall Street... See more
How on earth does that happen? I can think of several possibilities.
1) Meredith Whitney is the only analyst on Wall Street... See more
Top Financial News
Let’s assume for a moment, though, that between the two sales, Paramount walks away with $4.5 billion in cash. Paramount has $13.5 billion of net debt, as of March 31. If Bakish decided to use the $4.5 billion in cash from the sales of S&S and BET to pay down that debt—always a good use of cash—Paramount would still have $9 billion in debt. On the... See more
Are You There, Aryeh? It’s Me, Shari…
High Finance and media
it seems as though these are all brands that could be fucking incredible but are being manage-managed rather than brand-managed
The idea behind Gumroad was simple: Creators and others should be able to sell their products directly to their audiences with quick, simple links. No need for a storefront.
I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more
I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more
Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
Substack is under attack again. The crusade is led by a site contributor, Jonathan Katz, whose style might be characterized as embittered-conventional
Any kind of accomplishment, or output of creativity, or this amazing thing that you’ve done or been able to reach—it’s hard to take credit for it. It’s more that you just tapped into something that’s already there. You’re just allowing something through, like a connection to whatever channel of creativity you’re tuning into. So, you’re just a... See more
THOM BETTRIDGE • Matthew M. Williams' Modern Timepiece
Total consumer debt in
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
- EXAMINING THE BILLING, MARKETING, AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON CONSUMERS
Karp’s genius was to make it look and feel like an important book from an important man.
The Shape of Bridgewater
images are still powerful if they are used to tell a story. It’s not that one image on Instagram blows me away, but rather the entire grid, or the persona. How much a person actually keeps up the world building with a 360 immersive narrative.