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Category Archives: Business

Understanding Debt, Risk and Leverage

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Understanding Debt, Risk and Leverage

I don’t understand all the dominoes in the financial crisis. In situations like this, it’s helpful to step away and look at general principles: never mind the pieces, what’s the “gravity” that makes them fall? And fall so… Read article

Posted in Business | November 17, 2008 by kalid

A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates

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A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates

Interest rates are confusing, despite their ubiquity. This post takes an in-depth look at why interest rates behave as they do.

Understanding these concepts will help understand finance (mortgages & savings rates), along with the omnipresent e and <a… Read article

Posted in Business, Guides, Math | January 14, 2008 by kalid

Understanding Accounting Basics (ALOE and Balance Sheets)

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Understanding Accounting Basics (ALOE and Balance Sheets)

In accounting, the math usually isn’t worse than multiplication. But accounting isn’t about math — it’s about concepts, and some had me confused. Accounting has simple and surprisingly elegant ways to track a business. So What’s Accounting About, Anyway? To… Read article

Posted in Business | November 20, 2007 by kalid

What You Should Know About The Stock Market

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What You Should Know About The Stock Market

Everyone’s heard of the stock market — but few know why it works. Were you aware that each stock has two prices? That you can’t buy and sell for the same amount? That a “stock market” works better and is… Read article

Posted in Business, Guides | November 14, 2007 by kalid

Marketing Lessons from InstaCalc.com

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Marketing Lessons from InstaCalc.com

I’m no expert, but creating your own project invariably teaches you a few things about presenting your site. Here are a few lessons that helped me launch InstaCalc, a real-time, shareable calculator.

Get feedback, then release

Don’t push out… Read article

Posted in Business, Web | February 16, 2007 by kalid

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The mission: share aha! moments in clear, friendly language. I write about topics as I wish they were explained to me. Read more...

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