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  • 4 days ago | gettheleverage.com | Evan Armstrong

    In a perfectly rational, functional market, each new data point would allow for a more accurate assessment of risk and reward. In markets bubblier than a 12-pack of La Croix, like the one we are currently in, each additional point of positive data is seen as a decrease of risk and an increase in reward. It’s confirmation bias at its finest. Any anecdote that is positive for one entity means the whole sector is going up and to the right.

  • 6 days ago | gettheleverage.com | Evan Armstrong

    I have consumed enough NyQuil to fill the Nile. The Amazon rainforest trembles at the mere mention of my child’s nose and the tissues it requires. My carpet has absorbed three bottles of Oxiclean Carpet Stain Remover, Dog Vomit™ edition. My wife has had to ask Google, ChatGPT, Bing, and Deepseek variations on the question, “Breast milk, cold medication, safe??”All of which is to say The Leverage was on sick leave this week. I apologize for not publishing any deep dives.

  • 1 week ago | gettheleverage.com | Evan Armstrong

    Lace up your New Balances and throw on your jean shorts, it’s Father’s Day! Hopefully this email finds you surrounded by family. I love this day because I quite literally put on the jorts my wife hates, and then, sufficiently squeezed into poorly cut denim, rocking a 7-inch inseam, feel an immense amount of gratitude for my little one and the life she gives me. But enough of that sappy stuff—on to the important things: tech.

  • 2 weeks ago | gettheleverage.com | Evan Armstrong

    The most popular maxim in Silicon Valley might be: “Hire missionaries, not mercenaries.” Coined by legendary investor John Doerr, an early backer of Google, Amazon, Twitter, and more, he argues that there are two types of people who work at startups. There are mercenaries, purely mercantile creatures that ruthlessly prioritize prestige, compensation, and career progression over company success. And there are the elect. The holy ones that make Silicon Valley great: the missionaries.

  • 2 weeks ago | gettheleverage.com | Evan Armstrong

    It’s a sad fact, but your boss probably hates you and wishes you didn’t exist. I don’t mean in the Patrick Bateman, stabby-stabby-murder sense, but more in the “life would be easier if I didn’t have to deal with other people’s problems” sorta way. According to a recent study, 70% of middle managers would gladly give up having direct reports if they could keep the same salaries they currently have. Simultaneously, you probably don’t vibe with your job, either.

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