Some interesting links from around the blogosphere…
Seamus McCauley on the audience as enemy.
Jeff Cornwall on how small business owners and entrepreneurs can prepare for the coming storm.
Tim Hartford explains why your boss is overpaid.
Paul Graham on how to make another Silicon Valley.
Jory analyzes working smart vs. working hard.
Businessweek wonders if backdating options will lead to new rules. The thing is that companies would have no incentive to massage earnings if investors didn't focus in on a few key numbers. Different financial statements show different things, and it's too easy to move money from one to the other. I really need to write more about this sometime but for now, just ignore the earnings numbers that most companies release. They don't always reflect the underlying economic reality.
