Hear me out. Maybe getting 50k of debt (or 400k in the US) is actually the whole point of University. I've been financially stretched many times in my life. When you've thrown your life savings behin… (View Post)

She entertains her friends there by recounting her dad's wilder conspiracy theories. (View Post)

In the US it's more like $400k of debt, and your opportunities post-graduation are even worse. (View Post)

Indeed. Here in the US, I know lots of families that fled Persia when the Shah was overthrown and the Mullahs took over. Some of them, forty years later (and as American citizens), are willing to mak… (View Post)

I was chatting to one of our (early stage) VCs the other day, and he said "Usually, one position* is repsonsible for 60 or 70% of total returns for a fund. If you get lucky and you get two of th… (View Post)