Oscar de la Renta chose not to show at New York Fashion Week and instead streamed on Amazon. Is Amazon a suitable forum for a luxury brand? CEO Alex Bolen said, "I'm not sure. But we have to experiment with new ways to get our story out." https://lnkd.in/g4rZMxyb We launched our funds when Covid started and with the halt in travel and tough fund raising environment for emerging managers, we focused on performance and experimented with new ways to reach out to allocators, namely Linkedin posts and YouTube videos which can now be binge-watched on www.quantflix.com . True, some people say that with the positive fund returns last year for both our long-only equity and multi-strategy funds, and the China fund outperforming its benchmark by its annualized double-digit aim, it was expected that we would pass the $100m mark. But when times are bad, most new investment monies went to well-known funds that are much bigger with a marketing budget that we cannot afford. So every lit...
I was inspired by Kenneth Goh to cook at home. When I looked at the boiling pot I remembered why I eat out. After I tasted the food I realized the importance of backup alcohol in the fridge.
I should definitely stick to doing what I am good at.This afternoon I had lunch with a lawyer friend. Both of us are in our 40s and he said that to stick it out for so long in our respective industries with such high attrition rates (even higher for women than men), we must clearly have no other talents.
That's not true. I'm actually very good at binge watching Netflix shows. In a number of languages sometimes without reading the subtitles. Across useful subjects from the economics of music streaming (The Playlist) to how white blood cells fight germs (Cells at Work).
I shouldn't just be a (food) critic if you've read Daring Greatly. But I think one of my risk management strengths is knowing when to cut losses.
Can't be good at everything. That's why we have a team. Go GAO!
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