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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The only regulations are those which are required in a free market: those which prevent fraudulent, harmful, and dishonest activities
the famous line in Hemingway ’s The Sun Also Rises , “How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually and then suddenly.”
Confessions of a Former SVB Executive
Tim and Nina Zagat, who began printing “The Zagat Survey,” a collection of crowdsourced restaurant reviews, in 1979
Anna Wiene • Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
According to Gold, perhaps the best evidence for the abiotic origin of oil is the strong association of helium with hydrocarbons. Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe and is formed from the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium.
Doomberg • The Other Strategic Reserve
Years ago, I was a modeling agent, and I thought, my gosh, brands would actually get a lot further if they used a celebrity versus a model because of the amount of impressions that a celebrity would garner . I left the agency, opened up my own company, and here I am 30 years later.
The Tao of Shemarya
this is a very brilliant, situation-specific “business transformation” / idea that lead to a very successful move for him
there are a million of these waiting to be discovered or already have been discovered by people with ideas but lacking the capital, time, or empowerment to go pursue them within organizations
i.e., the modeling agency he worked for itself
One person recently likened LVMH to me as a private equity firm with 40 percent carry rather than 20 percent carry. Not a bad deal.
September Issues
fashion and High Finance
Arnault has never acquired a business with back-office synergies on his mind
Coach & Kors’ Marriage of Convenience
this makes me want to cry tears of joy holy shit
One of the rare inspirational subplots of our current financial panic has been the rise of Meredith Whitney. An obscure and little-noticed analyst of Wall Street banks, working for an obscure and little-noticed Wall Street bank (Oppenheimer & Co.), Whitney has become, in a matter of months, a woman who moves markets.
It all started back on Oct. 31,... See more
It all started back on Oct. 31,... See more
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My advice for anyone who feels self-conscious about their age would simply be: don’t get botox, get divorced.