Thoughts, ideas, and updates from Nate Schmiedehaus
I: Introduction Any classically trained business school student who has survived one semester of finance liturgy can complete the analytical catechism: “Two companies with identical financial histories — same revenues, margins, CAC, inventory returns, debt ratios, growth rates, the whole dog and pony show — will look [______] in ten years.” (The answer is: “The […]
Read article →I have 1,841 notes in my iPhone, dating back to my freshman year of high school, when the iPhone was introduced. About 95% are incomprehensible nothings related to what I was doing that week and about 5% are business ideas, some bad (shoes so comfortable The Dude would wear them), some good, some good but […]
Read article →I. The Unexpected Proposition A tiny career miracle happened recently—not the sort that arrives with celestial trumpets and angelic choirs, but the kind that sneaks into your professional life with the casual nonchalance of finding twenty dollars in last winter’s coat pocket, simultaneously delivering financial relief and questions about your organizational competence. A few days […]
Read article →How do you build a truly great product that needs no marketing beyond an introduction? You start with a great team. Then novel solutions to deep problems. Does your team do this? Well, it might be time to start building.
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