A common mistake companies make in their business model is that they often underestimate the costs of funding the business until it becomes profitable.

Many analysts believe that companies that run on the best business models can run themselves.

• One way analys...

Is this time-sensitive? Is it something we want to get to the market as quickly as possible, or do we have the luxury of spending a lot of time here?

Urgency can have both top-down and bottom-up inputs. Product and launch strategies can dictate a problem’s urgency from the top dow...

• Understand the nature of the companies you own and the specific reasons for holding the stock. (“It is really going up!” doesn’t count.)

• By putting your stocks into categories you’ll have a better idea of what to expect from them.

• Big companies have small moves, small companies ...