The SIFT method
The SIFT method is "an evaluation strategy developed by digital literacy expert, Mike Caulfield, to help determine whether online content can be trusted for credible or reliable sources of information." …
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What Is Provenance & Why Is It Important for Someone Buying Art?
Market value and establishing authenticity depend on uncovering an artwork’s past, which requires skilled provenance research.
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
In the mid-’80s, Wall Street turned to the quants—brainy financial engineers—to invent new ways to boost profits. Their methods for minting money worked brilliantly… until one of them devastated the global economy.
YC’s Series A Diligence Checklist | Y Combinator
Below you’ll find a Series A diligence checklist. This runs through all the pieces of information you’ll need to have ready once you sign a term sheet. Having all of this together in one place – a Data Room – before you sign a term sheet will cut as much as a week off of your…
Five Questions Companies Should Ask Before Making an Innovation-Driven Acquisition
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is nothing if not determined in its quest to acquire Illumina, the San Diego-based leader in genetic-sequencing equipment. In January, after Illumina’s board rebuffed Roche’s initial overtures, Roche made a $5.7 billion tender offer directly…