I find value in reviewing SEC filings of competitors and vendors I work with. The process of reviewing the Management Discussion and Analysis and financial results, especially, help me feel more informed about the world around me. So, when GoodRX filed its S-1, I certainly intended to review it. Well, I didn’t get around to …
My mother is a real estate agent. In 1996, as a student at Penn State, I thought real estate might be the place to build my own career. During primary school, my brother and I would help market properties by stuffing flyers with details and photographs of listed properties into bags and distribute these bags, …
I am very interested in the field of leadership, particularly the attributes of great leaders. My personal inquiry in this area has involved distant observation of leaders, as well as personal engagement with leaders in organizations I have been involved with; I particularly enjoy reading profiles of political and business leaders. Of course, my career …
The Myth of the Golden Age. I never heard about this idea before a few weeks ago. Then, within a few days, it arose in repeated and unrelated contexts; a podcast interview with a leading business psychologist, a conversation with Becca about education, and a Woody Allen movie titled Midnight In Paris. The idea, as …
July 4, 2020. What a strange year thus far. I checked my Facebook and Twitter feeds yesterday morning. There were numerous references to Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the slave is the 4th of July.” I don’t remember thinking about the issues raised within this speech as a younger man. How is that possible? My …
I remember times in grammar school when we discussed time capsules. I remember thinking the idea of putting aside contemporary “artifacts” was clever, but I never became excited about them. I wish I could remember the years we engaged in the exercise of choosing the items; Maybe I was in the fifth grade (1989). I …
I have been making efforts to periodically, throughout the week, choose an occasion to listen to a webcast on a topic different from my day to day business. This week, Penn State’s Smeal College of Business’ Institute for Real Estate Studies hosted a panel discussion on capital markets in the real estate business with some …
I have been wondering over the past months about the extent to which this time in history might plant seeds of interest for our children, and how those seeds might sprout. Will the ongoing discussions about the nature of the coronavirus and possible mutations lead children to become more curious about biology? Will public health …
Last year I noticed an article on @WSJ about a possible change to the treatment of rebates from drug manufacturers attributable to government accounts of pharmacy benefit managers (PBM). I posted about it on Twitter when I saw it, as I have been interested in the apparent influence of this source of revenue within the …
May 23, 2020 was my 42nd birthday. As far as birthdays go, it was rather nice. The weather was pleasant in State College, and I enjoyed a nice Peloton ride after helping Becca with some gardening. In the morning, I read Michael Lewis’ Coach. Later in the early evening, I watched an NYU Faculty Insights …