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Re:42Floors Lays Off Half of Staff as It Cuts Brokerage Team... by bobofettfett on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @02:02AM (#9143064)
Trick is: Stay long enough in the game, earn enough money to stay afloat, then find the gold at the end of the rainbow. Expose yourself to luck.
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Re:42Floors Lays Off Half of Staff as It Cuts Brokerage Team... by mathattack on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @12:26PM (#9145794)
Indeed. And he was very selective and disciplined about what he chose not to do.

Many gurus are bad businesspeople. (What makes them a good guru contradicts the nuts and bolts of running a company) I'm glad to see how well he's done.

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