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Lessons from two of the greatest investors of all time

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]

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The 4 essential ingredients for “new CEO” success

Why the best CEOs make their first year both a personal transition and a profound moment of institutional renewal — with this quartet of skills.

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Carolyn Dewar is a senior partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She co-leads McKinsey’s CEO Excellence service line, and is co-author of A CEO for All Seasons.

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Why “outrageous optimism” is your startup super-skill

Andrew Gazdecki — the founder and CEO of Acquire.com — explores the skillsets and pitfalls of selling a business. And why it’s often crucial to start all over again.

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Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]

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5 ways leaders can solve the “hindsight dilemma”

Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.

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How a visionary dot-com leader was scorched by hindsight’s afterburn

The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.

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Ask “hindsight questions” to truly learn from past experiences

Carving out time for useful reflection is among the most valuable of leadership disciplines, explains “questionologist” Warren Berger.

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Golden in hindsight: The timeless business book still dog-eared by great leaders

“Business Adventures” by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.

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Insight from hindsight: Become a “historian of your own life”

David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.

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Trick of the brain on hindsight: Founders who think they’re heroes

Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.

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The hard thing about hindsight: Why looking back has its limits

Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”

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Jesse Eisenberg’s leadership secret: Embrace your anxiety

A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.

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Why being a “good kid” can make you a “bad boss”

How to make sure our formative tendencies don’t derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.

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Why “holistic innovation” should be a mainstay of climate tech leadership

Cam Lawrence — CEO of international venture platform Newlab — joins Big Think Business to discuss his strategic vision for climate tech.