Tag: Investing

Why Investors Really Care about Impact Investing

Last week in class Milo Werner spoke about how investors are rapidly becoming more interested in impact investing but didn’t mention more to it other than this type of investing benefits the world as a whole. While this may be true, I will discuss several key reasons why investors are starting to trend toward this… Read more Why Investors Really Care about Impact Investing

The role of data in investing...

In the early 1990’s Eugene Fama and Kenneth French introduced the Fama-French three-factor model. They posited that asset returns could be explained through the use of three factors; a size variable, a value variable and a systematic risk variable. At the time the model was considered a breakthrough, certainly a marked improvement on the ubiquitous… Read more The role of data in investing...

Unicorn Poop is a Tobacco Flavor

I run by this ad at a bus stop near my home several times a week. I’d never given it a second thought until Sequoia Capital partner Carl Eschenbach’s presentation to our class during Week 1. One distinctive of venture firm Sequoia is that eighty percent of their limited partners are non-profits and charitable foundations.… Read more Unicorn Poop is a Tobacco Flavor