Abraham Thomas

@athomasq

Professional: data, markets, technology. Personal: humanism, curiosity, kindness. Founder , acquired by . There's treasure everywhere.

Toronto, Canada
Vrijeme pridruživanja: veljača 2012.

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    If ever there was a merger made for me to write about, it's this one: is rumored to be bidding $30B for .

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  2. 2. velj

    There truly is such a thing as the simplicity on the other side of complexity, the simplicity that comes from wisdom, experience and judgement. Unfortunately it's almost impossible to distinguish from the simplicity of vacuous platitudes...

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  3. 31. sij

    3/ The two styles have different strengths and weaknesses; play out at different scales and horizons; require different expertise and infrastructure. Neither one is necessarily superior to the other, but it's important to know which one you believe in. You can't do both!

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  4. 31. sij

    2/ Data-driven: you allow the data to make the decision, and try to eliminate human discretion as far as possible. Data-informed: the data is just one input into a complex decision process that ultimately relies on human judgement.

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  5. 31. sij

    1/ New blog post! The difference between data-driven investing and data-informed investing. Inspired by a conversation with my friend .

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  6. 29. sij

    7/ Proprietary IP is no longer the most important driver of defensibility. Strong customer networks and trusted partner relationships are much harder to replicate than mere technology.

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  7. 29. sij

    6/ As companies mature, team-building is everything. Treat recruiting like a sales funnel. Open source is a magnetic recruiting tactic: attract people who are interested in the problems you're solving.

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  8. 29. sij

    5/ Go slow to go fast. Growth led by truly great product is the best growth: tending to infinite LTV, zero CAC as you become not just a vendor but a trusted business partner. Far better than "formulaic" sales-driven expansion.

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  9. 29. sij

    4/ How do you build useful software? Focus on jobs to be done, satisfy a small set of customers, say no a lot. Enterprise software markets are turning out to be a lot larger than people expected; play the long game.

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  10. 29. sij

    3/ MongoDB is a classic case study of disruption from below (Clayton Christensen, RIP). Fewer features, not as scaleable, not as performant as other databases -- BUT quick and easy to get going with. Perfect for the app explosion and agile. Seems obvious now, wasn't at the time.

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  11. 29. sij

    2/ Don't knock services revenue. Sure, it's "lower quality" -- less stable, lower margins -- than software revenue. But it's cash in the door; it's an opportunity to build trusted relationships with anchor clients; and it's a way to do product development on the customer dime.

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  12. 29. sij

    1/ One of the smartest investors I know appears on one of my favourite podcasts: interviewed by . Some highlights below (thread).

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    28. sij

    There’s a big payoff for curiosity - lovely personal essay on his quizzing addiction

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    19. sij

    Why do smart companies & orgs make stupid mistakes? A thread:

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    14. sij

    This is one of the most insightful articles I've read in a while: how networks influence our lives in ways we often don't appreciate--from our families to first jobs to relationships. "The most lasting and effective way to change your life is to change who you’re surrounded by."

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  16. 15. sij

    10/ A fascinating illustration of a larger pattern: APIs are eating B2B relationships. More here:

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  17. 15. sij

    9/ Early to mid-stage fintechs don’t necessarily want to be banks, while banks aren’t necessarily good at offering the products and services that customers want. Visa+Plaid allows each side to focus on what they're good at, while embedding themselves into each interaction.

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  18. 15. sij

    8/ In a typically astute post, lays out why banks may choose to partner with Visa to build out actual APIs that eventually replace Plaid's somewhat hacky solution:

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  19. 15. sij

    7/ Of course the way Plaid currently accomplishes this (login-sharing and screen-scraping) is unsustainable, but that's where Visa comes in.

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  20. 15. sij

    6/ The banks won't like it, but they may not have a choice, per this conversation with from :

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