• Olbers' Paradox

    If the universe is infinite and there are an infinite number of stars then every point in the sky should be a star.

  • Baumol Effect

    Salaries rise in response to other salaries rising in jobs that experience productivity gains.

  • Pareto Optimal

    Occurs when one party’s position can not be improved without loss to the other party.

  • Conceptual Integrity

    As mentioned in The Mythical Man Month, good system design (user friendly) requires a small (ideally singular) team of architects, separated from implementation, that decide what goes into the system and what stays out.

  • § What I Learned 2020

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  • Trailing Tax Liability

    When employees move around they generate trailing tax liabilities for the time spent in a particular jurisdiction.

  • Back Office

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  • SAFE Note Terms

    Most investors use the ‘post-cap’ version of a SAFE note (post-money valuation with cap).

  • How a Seed Round Works

    Companies need to be incorporated and founder stock must be issued before executing a SAFE and taking any investment.

  • False Precision

    When exact numbers are used to express something that can not be described with exact numbers (e.