Mo Shafieeha

3. Toys Toys are another essential part of edutainment. In addition to teaching, toys help develop practical skills. Toys allow children to explore their talents. Toys such as miniature musical instruments, legos, board games, animal and plant toys, Rubik's cube, etc. are effective ways to teach children. Collaboration and on-hand skills improve.

Often, startups have a new product for which there are no competitors to benchmark against, says Michael Dearing, who ran pricing at eBay for many years. Technology companies don't have a finite supply of a product.

Investing in companies at times of uncertainty can be an opportunity for investors. Silver Lake's early investment in AirBnB during a time of "distress" was a stroke of genius. Being willing to "be greedy" and take chances can generate outsized returns. It is likely that the best companies during this period will become leaner, more long-term... See more

It's messy and disorganized in reality. Frameworks promise to bring order to it in pleasing ways. They blunt the chaos and give you buckets to categorize your observations. However, if you've ever tried to apply any frameworks, you know that they're anything but simple to implement. In the business world, frameworks are used as a crutch for making... See more

The downside of blockchain and edtech1. Blockchain uses a lot of energy

Companies that avoid bombarding customers and instead focus on simplifying consumers’ decision-making will rise above the din, and their customers will stick by them as a result.

It's common for managers to think employees should be trained by someone else, perhaps a training specialist. The author, on the other hand, thinks that managers should handle this task. Managers' output is the output of their organization, no more, no less. Increasing a manager's productivity means making his team do more. Training is one of the... See more

4. Cash out When you get hooked on growth hacking, negative externalities become a part of doing business, not some short-term fix. It's like a drug. Once you get hooked, there is no turning back. If you go public, you have to keep increasing investor value. Consultancies rarely build and scale things; in fact, they rarely leave the first gate.In... See more