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• Esta lista de lições que Tony Hsieh da Zappos aprendeu ao jogar poker merecem uma leitura e reflexão "What Poker Taught Tony Hsieh About Business"

Alguns sublinhados de entre a lista mais vasta:

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"Financials
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Always be prepared for the worst possible scenario.
The guy who wins the most hands is not the guy who makes the most money in the long run.
The guy who never loses a hand is not the guy who makes the most money in the long run.
Go for positive expected value, not what’s least risky.
Make sure your bankroll is large enough for the game you’re playing and the risks you’re taking.
Play only with what you can afford to lose.
Remember that it’s a long-term game. You will win or lose individual hands or sessions, but it’s what happens in the long term that matters.

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Strategy

Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.
Figure out the game when the stakes aren’t high.
Don’t cheat. Cheaters never win in the long run.
Stick to your principles.
You need to adjust your style of play throughout the night as the dynamics of the game change. Be flexible.
Be patient and think long-term.
The players with the most stamina and focus usually win.
Differentiate yourself. Do the opposite of what the rest of the table is doing.
Hope is not a good plan.
Don’t let yourself go “on tilt.” It’s much more cost-effective to take a break, walk around, or leave the game for the night."

• Se estes estudos fossem feitos em Portugal por entidades independentes a que conclusões chegariam? Se Medina Carreira sabe disto lá se vai o Magalhães "Wired Kids":

"One would think that giving every child a laptop would provide tremendous educational benefit, but the evidence suggests otherwise,"

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"A pair of Duke University professors, in a report called "Scaling the Digital Divide," studied "the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 and its effect on middle school test scores during that period." Math scores dropped significantly after the first provider appeared, and reading dropped "when the number of broadband providers passed four." The decline "was largely confined to lower-income households, in which, the authors hypothesized, parental supervision might be spottier.""

• No Japão os PINs e as empresas do regime também estão a contribuir para o apodrecimento da situação "The system almost guarantees that fresh capital goes to the losers of yesteryear. Because struggling companies rarely die, new ones do not form. Japan’s bankruptcy rate is half of America’s; the rate at which it creates new firms is only a third as high. Japanese venture capitalists are few and far between. Japan’s bureaucratic allocation of credit seldom spurs animal spirits. Rather, it nourishes zombies." Tenta-se evitar a destruição e, por isso, estiola-se a criação e a renovação, e impede-se o reset, a recalibração para uma economia mais adequada a tempos novos "Watching China whizz by"
• "MVP's for Sale" Válido para startups, válido para o lançamento de novos produtos por uma PME... get out of the buiding as soon as possible.
• Um pouco de humor negro "And Now We're Headed For The GREATEST Depression, Says Gerald Celente". Como referia lá em cima Hsieh "Always be prepared for the worst possible scenario."