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The Economics of Data Businesses
How data businesses start, and how they keep going, and growing, and growing.
Jan 29, 2022 • 
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Minsky Moments in Venture Capital
Markets rise, and markets fall. This much, at least, is well-known. But why do market cycles occur? What causes the pendulum to swing from euphoria to…
Feb 12, 2022 • 
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How To Price A Data Asset
Everything you ever wanted to know about data pricing.
May 11, 2024 • 
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Data and Defensibility
When does data confer defensibility? Let's find out.
Apr 12 • 
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Data and Defensibility
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The Worst Outcome is a Mediocre Success
Or, how to ensure you learn absolutely nothing.
Sep 21, 2023 • 
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Making Markets in Time
Silicon Valley and the Invention of Temporal Arbitrage
Jan 25 • 
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Data in the Age of AI
We live in interesting times.
May 20, 2023 • 
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The Perils of Prudence
Sometimes, being prudent is the riskiest strategy of all.
Jan 21, 2023 • 
Abraham Thomas
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Strong Opinions, Weakly Held
Or, decision-making under incomplete information.
Oct 3, 2023 • 
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Ahead of the (Yield) Curve
Building a high-frequency-trading system in the 1990s.
Dec 4, 2024 • 
Abraham Thomas
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Hello World!
Welcome to Pivotal, a newsletter about data, investing and startups.
Jan 1, 2022 • 
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