@Jason Very late to this party, but @michaelsafai of @DexterityCap is worth talking to. Market-neutral quant fund, with 100k+ trades a day; lots of buying (and selling), but no longs. Emotionless conviction, with a lot to say on market structure.
2/ Hire fewer people and pay them more
Headcount is the worst of all vanity metrics
I would fight harder next time to keep the team as small as humanly possible
That also means hiring executives aligned with that vision, who don't derive their self worth from their team size
Late last night, after winning his battle for Twitter, @elonmusk was in Boca Chica and held his regular 10 pm meeting on Raptor engine design, where he spent more than an hour working on valve leak solutions. No one mentioned Twitter. He can multitask.
Some 5-6 years ago, after I became a book critic at the @washingtonpost, my wife built a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the hallway across from our home office. The idea is that it would be only for books that I had reviewed. This week, with my latest book, it is full.
@mattleising @business Congrats on the move, @mattleising - hell of a job at Bloomberg. Looking forward to seeing where your adventures in crypto take you!