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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As for the four indictments against Trump and how seriously they should be taken, Steve was a bit cagier in his response, as you might expect. “We’re getting into the realm of theater,” he said, “and this isn’t a theater review.”
May the Schwarzman Be With You
In August 2016, the company raised $13 million in funding from XL Innovate (part of XL Group), followed by a $34 million Series B funding round in December 2016.
Lemonade History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones - Zippia
they wouldn't write their first policies until September 2016
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Chubb specializes in XoL (excess of loss) trade credit insurance, which means that the insured company agrees in the policy to take a significant loss before “coverage” kicks in.
This is different than ground-up insurers like Atradius, Allianz, and Coface, who will insure entire losses (also known as “ground-up”.)
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
A recent study by McKinsey found that the average life-span of companies listed in Standard & Poor’s 500 was 61 years in 1958. Today, it is less than 18 years. McKinsey believes that, in 2027, 75% of the companies currently quoted on the S&P 500 will have disappeared.
Stéphane Garelli • Why you will probably live longer than most big companies
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?
As stated in Section 340 of the Banking Law, “No person or other entity shall engage in the business of making loans in the principal amount of twenty-five thousand dollars or less for any loan to an individual for personal, family, household, or investment purposes and in a principal amount of fifty thousand dollars or less for business and... See more