Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
July 20th issue of the WSJ had an interesting article, Clubs Grow as Social Hub for Workers on the mushrooming of private social clubs in New York and other cities. “Most charge $5,000 or less in annual dues, plus a smaller sign-up fee though those at the top end can …
Chase Hughes Ellipsis Manual analysis and engineering of human behavior became a reference book for those who hold the power and are interested in controlling their subjects. Because, make no mistake, you and I are “subjects” in the hands of the higher hierarchy… In this book you learn language patterns …
The plague of social media (Instagram, Meta, Tik Toc) is dominated by women, since they are the the majority of users of these platforms. Guess what else is dominated by women ? The business and professional coaching industry: 75% of business coaches in America are women, according to a recent …
Elon Musk Defends SolarCity Deal, Says of Being Tesla Boss: ‘I Rather Hate It’ – WSJ, July 12, 2021 It’s Elon being Elon. He hates it so much he built in into a $655 Bn (as of today) in the top ten S&P500 company. Musk is the lone board member… …
I watched two episodes S1 and S2 of the TV show Power co-produced by 50 Cent. It’s an Ok show, but still with rubbish and female aggrandizement. I expected better from 50 Cent. Still, it is the best entertainment that you can get nowadays. The Show ran for 6 seasons, …
I’m going to link today to a post on Saastr about VPs (Vice-Presidents) from Jason Lemkin and what that job entails. I’ve been following Jason since 2016. “This is job #1 for all your VPs. Recruiting. “ Jason Lemkin Don’t just check who they managed at their last company. Check …
Perhaps it is time and regular folk and rich -as in flithy rich- agree on something. That something is the quarantine doesn’t work. (we knew that from the beginning, BTW). As the economy is slowly and surreptitiosly reopening, we heard that Renaisance Technologies RENTCH has lost 20% this year (article …
Since I became more of a household name, a few folks have been asking if I did any phone consultations. Well now, after two months of quarantine and two dozen emails requesting it, I finally said yes. A phone consultation with me can be booked from anywhere in the world …
Over 6 years ago when John Lefevre @GSElevator wrote the The Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide To Being A Man, we laughed at it. The Guide became popular because it is insolent and gumptious and full of self-reverie. It is time that someone wrote a real guide not only for the …
If you are a social media influencer, journalist, editor, correspondent or blogger, expect the DHS to track and catalog you. The DHS is asking for a contractor to develop password-protected “Media-Monitoring Services”. “One aspect of the media coverage to be gathered is its ‘sentiment.‘” If you are a Trump supporter, you’re… …
