The old adage “follow the money” merits some caution in times of market mania. When notable venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz recently announced a $2.2 billion blockchain/cryptocurrency fund, it raised some eyebrows. Surely these technologies must have loads of potential if these thought leaders are investing so much time and money into this space. Then […]
It’s coming up on two years since we visited The World’s Most Elite Cybercrime Fighting Unit in Moscow to learn about just how financially motivated hackers are. More than 90% of all cybercrimes in the world now involve money theft, something America’s energy industry and dead cow industry have come face to face with. Along […]
Documenting your investment decisions helps you learn from your mistakes and see through the various emotions that surface. Over the years, we’ve translated our patterns of investing into a methodology of sorts that we use to guide future investing decisions. One belief we’ve held is that if there are ETFs available for a particular theme […]
We spend a lot of time looking at what investors are searching for to determine what themes they’re interested in. Some of the findings are insightful. For example, people always search for why a stock is falling, but never ask why it’s rising. That’s because the pain of losing is psychologically about twice as powerful […]
The headlines for data breaches are becoming more and more over-the-top each year. From the Swedish Transport Agency that leaked the sensitive details of undercover agents, military vehicles, and pretty much everything else under the sun in 2015, to the Equifax data leak that led to the exposure of sensitive information (like social security numbers, […]
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that,” said the American philosopher George Carlin. If your job involves cybersecurity, it’s not just the stupid ones you need to watch out for. Even the most intelligent individuals in your organization can fall prey to the cunning attacks […]
Data isn’t just increasing in quantity; it’s also growing in complexity. Data lakes are now replacing data warehouses. All your online activities now generate unstructured “data exhaust” that’s being mined by sophisticated machine learning algorithms for insights. However, due to increasing data breaches and privacy concerns, regulators have adopted stringent rules and regulations on how […]
Whoever said crime doesn’t pay didn’t consider how much money there is to be made as a hacker. Last year, we visited one of the leading threat intelligence war rooms on this planet, where experts monitor chatter on the dark web in real-time. It was there we learned about how Russian computing graduates are often […]
Travelers who wander the banana pancake trail through Southeast Asia will all get roughly the same experience. They’ll eat crummy food on one of fifty boats floating around Ha Long Bay, then head up to the highlands of Sa Pa for a faux cultural experience with hill tribes that grow dreadful cannabis. After that, it’s […]
We often tell our MBAs not to try and predict the future. That’s because when you’re right, nobody will notice, but when you’re wrong, critics will crawl out of the woodwork to point out what a moron you are. The best thing to do is take someone else’s predictions and carefully critique them. Then, you’ll […]