2023-08-02 16:31
I’ve moved a lot of my posts over to my new company’s site, at hirefraction.com/blog – and I’ve also started a new series there which I think bears summarizing here… Read More
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True Cost attempts to dissect current affairs through the lens of cost-benefit analysis
2023-02-28 03:50
Startup founders need capital – to pay salaries, to pay for marketing, to pay for everything that goes into building a business from the ground up. Bootstrappers may differ and say &ld&hell…Read More
2023-02-09 18:50
For those of us in the startup world, the term exit has a specific meaning. It’s the endpoint of a founder’s involvement with a startup. A successful exit means that the founder… Read More
2023-01-24 02:59
*To paraphrase Kent Brockman
Once upon a time, there was a yellow brick road that led to college. You would submit your SAT scores, your GPA, your activities, you would write your essay … Read More
2023-01-01 03:56
The New Year makes many of us think about time. I got to thinking today about embodied time, human time encapsulated into physical form. What is embodied time?We call it money. We use money… Read More
2022-11-29 02:35
The holiday season is typically when US charities collect the majority of their donations. Let me start by noting that the US non-profit sector is vibrant, generating positive outcomes acros… Read More
2022-11-08 20:22
The October employment report was released last Friday, and it told a familiar story: the US economy is still suffering from labor supply issues, even with the pandemic (mostly) in the rear… Read More
2022-10-14 13:11
I’m excited to announce the launch of fraction.work on ProductHunt – upvote fraction.work there to help us gain exposure and change the future of work!
Readers of this blog kn… Read More
2022-10-04 18:33
As I work to build my new startup fraction.work, I’ve come across the Availability Objection more than once. In essence, it’s some variation of “there’s no way a part… Read More
2022-08-28 13:53
I started fraction.work earlier this summer, based on my experiences as a fractional software developer earlier in my career, and my experience hiring fractional developers while running Hid… Read More
2022-05-26 15:54
Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland – the common thread in these massacres? All were committed by under-21 boys who purchased their guns legally. In mass shootings, 77% of the murderers obtained… Read More
2022-05-16 20:46
Originally posted on the halftimer blog here.
The US needs workers. Millions of workers. The need existed pre-pandemic, but has reached a crescendo now, with a record number of job openin… Read More
2021-10-06 18:26
I just wrote about a detailed calculation of COVID deaths and their potential electoral impact in Georgia, my home state. One factor that causes COVID deaths to have little political impact… Read More
2021-09-24 01:39
Given that COVID-19 has become intensely politicized, I started wondering – will the death patterns seen to date have an impact on elections in 2022 and beyond? On the one hand, we&rsq&hell…Read More
2021-09-17 22:21
How does a bootstrapped exit compare to a VC exit, from a founder’s perspective?
TL;DR A VC-backed company will have to exit for 4-10x the valuation of a bootstrapped company, if th… Read More
2021-08-17 02:44
I’m no epidemiologist, but it occurred to me that there might be a silver lining with the COVID-19 Delta variant.
Delta is explosively contagious, with an R0 between 6 and 9. This m… Read More
2021-02-13 20:08
Over a decade ago, I wrote a post ranking major metro areas by cost effectiveness. Both median income and cost of living vary by city – an easy metric on cost effectiveness can be deri… Read More
2020-08-31 04:22
Analysis of all 2019 US police homicides indicates that half are not justified – over 500 individuals per year die unnecessarily at the hands of police.
In 2019, police in the Unite… Read More
2020-07-19 22:10
Should the Federal Reserve provide liquidity via bank deposits for all Americans instead QE?
The purpose of quantitative easing is to lower interest rates, inject liquidity into the econo… Read More
2020-06-01 04:19
Protesters across the nation (and the world) are expressing their rage, anger, and frustration at the killing of George Floyd and so many others at the hands of police in the United States… Read More
2020-03-31 06:04
For in-depth coverage of this topic, please register and watch HiddenLevers’ War Room Webinar Coronamerica, this afternoon at 4:30 ET, where we’ll present the latest with attenti… Read More
2020-02-14 05:37
I last posted about a business idea for an automated college counselor, one which would guide students to make better college and career choices. I can now announce that Schools-Over.com has… Read More
2019-04-15 01:42
Idea: GuideMe – an automated guidance counselor that helps students make better college and career choices
MVP: Too many students in the US leave college with too much debt and no real… Read More
2019-02-20 02:06
Idea: Run My House – manage all your household services from a single app
MVP: Running your own house sucks – even if you outsource tasks like yard service, gutter cleaning, pest… Read More
2019-01-07 00:05
Idea: BestUse – analyze real estate through the lens of local zoning and code to determine best use, and identify underused properties
MVP: The process of identifying promising op… Read More
2018-12-01 21:44
Idea: Follow My Diet – Help users follow their diet’s guidelines when eating out
MVP: Eating within a diet’s guidelines is challenging for most, and is further complicated… Read More
2018-10-26 13:52
Idea: HalfTimer – Link employed developers with spare capacity to half-time positions
The economy is going full steam. The number of job openings is at an all time high [1]. Technology… Read More
2018-10-04 16:00
Idea: HelpGen – Auto-Generate Help for Apps that doesn’t Suck
Let’s face it – online help sucks. Online knowledge bases usually suck too. This is a problem I’ve… Read More
2018-09-09 18:32
Over the years I have kept a running spreadsheet of business ideas – my current business, HiddenLevers, was once a denizen of the same spreadsheet. But ideas have expiration dates [1]… Read More
2018-08-23 21:16
The 2018 Trump stimulus exceeds the Obama-era stimulus package in size – will it pay off at the top of the economic cycle?
In 2010, when Barack Obama pushed for a stimulus package to… Read More
2018-07-18 03:18
Improvements in gunshot trauma care have lowered the homicide rate substantially, even as the gunshot injury rate remained constant
A few years ago I read an article about the war in Afgha… Read More
2017-11-29 22:44
Replacing the estate tax with fair (no step-up) capital gains taxation at death could raise revenue for tax reform, and get rid of complex tax avoidance schemes
Among the many changes propos… Read More
2017-10-22 21:45
In the wake of major mass shootings like that in Las Vegas, gun control supporters have brought attention back to a wide range of gun control measures. Universal background checks, assault w… Read More
2017-08-31 02:25
When the Army Corp of Engineers and NFIP came up with the 100-Year Flood and 500-Year Flood designations, it’s almost as though they wanted to confuse the public. With Hurricane Harvey… Read More
2017-06-13 03:35
While Washington DC may be currently preoccupied with Russia investigations, the GOP appears determined to try its hand at tax reform at some point this year. The broad outlines of GOP tax p… Read More
2017-05-04 14:30
The House is likely to vote today on an updated version of the AHCA (the GOP’s Obamacare replacement) today. I’ve written previously about the bill, and noted that for a GOP-intr… Read More
2017-03-22 02:51
The CBO generally performs careful, in depth analyses – but their approach is susceptible to inaccuracy when policy proposals differ sharply from existing norms. The CBO projects that… Read More
2017-03-12 20:43
The AHCA would move the USA toward universal catastrophic healthcare coverage, by enabling insurance companies to sign up individuals to $0 monthly premium plans with high deductibles and l… Read More
2017-02-21 22:06
Republicans love tax cuts, and both President Trump and Speaker Ryan have set their sights on lowering both personal and corporate income tax rates. But some Republicans also like controllin… Read More
2017-01-04 17:08
2017 has rolled around, and with Mr. Trump entering the White House, I’d like to close the book on the 2016 election with a review of the certified election results. Shortly after the… Read More
2016-11-15 02:56
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, but he didn’t win the election. Hillary Clinton scored an own-goal – she turned out the lowest share of voters of any Democrat si… Read More
2016-11-08 15:54
Update: Well I get to eat crow on this one! While demographic shifts did aid Clinton, it looks like she may win the popular vote but lose the electoral college, as Al Gore did in 2000. But w… Read More
2016-09-13 02:01
The American government and even major insurers actually have a lot of levers they can pull to lower drug costs – but do politicians, insurers, and employers have the courage to try?
T… Read More
2012-09-10 03:06
9 of the top 10 hottest years globally have occurred over the past decade, when measured using three different global temperature data sets. The top 20 warmest years have all occurred during… Read More
2012-08-07 12:48
May 28, 2013 Update: California’s just-released prices for ACA coverage are close to my 2012 estimates, with an unsubsidized bronze plan (for a 25 year-old) available for $142/month in… Read More
2012-06-16 03:09
The US can sustain a budget deficit of 5%, not 3% as commonly assumed, because 2.5% inflation and 2.5% real growth combine to keep the total debt/gdp ratio stable.
With both the financial cr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Recent statistics indicate that American police commit 1 in 5 homicides in which the victim is unknown to the assailant. According to the DOJ, 14,200 Americans died as a result of homicide i… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My latest post is up on Medium – read about how an extremely low tax on net worth (0.25%) could generate more revenue than capital gains taxes, enabling reform of the tax code Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This morning’s New York Times’ piece on diabetes care annoyed me, and highlights the vast differences in costs for caring for the same kind of illness: http://www.nytimes.com/201… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Go to www.irs.gov. Look for the File Now button to file your taxes. You’ll find a list of options for filing, including software companies providing tax filing web sites and software… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Tesla Model S saves owners roughly 15k over an 8 year ownership period when compared to similar luxury sedans – this analysis excludes government subsidies. I’ll be taking de… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
An analysis of every US mass shooting over the past 30 years shows that two small policy changes, restricting high-capacity magazines and introducing stringent background checks, might have… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In the wake of yet another mass shooting tragedy today, let’s examine the costs and benefits of high capacity gun magazines. I previously examined the cost-benefit of private gun owner… Read More
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