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Break Even in Plain Terms
Break even is a short calculation with long assumptions. Here is the arithmetic, a worked example, and how it connects to margin of safety, operating leverage and EBITDA.
October 15, 2026·5 min readGovernance
Why Supply Chains Explain Prices
A price is the last step of a long chain. Reading the chain upstream tells us more than reading the number on the shelf.
October 15, 2026·2 min readCompany
Five Questions Before You Build
Public data show most new business establishments close within ten years. Five plain questions, asked early, cost little.
October 15, 2026·2 min readGovernance
Why Dependency Records Matter
A list of the components inside a piece of software is simple to describe and easy to neglect. Here is what the public record says it is for.
October 14, 2026·3 min readCompany
Break Even in Plain Terms
Break even is a short calculation with long assumptions. We set out what it measures, what it needs, and what it leaves out.
October 14, 2026·2 min readGovernance
What a Trademark and a Patent Each Protect
Both are handled by the same federal office, yet they protect different things. A short, general guide to telling them apart.
October 13, 2026·2 min readGovernance
How to Read a Trade Data Release
Monthly trade figures arrive with headline numbers and a long list of caveats. The caveats are where the reading skill lies.
October 13, 2026·2 min readCompany
Why We Start in the Clinic
Our health companies begin with a problem, not a technology. Here is why that order matters.
October 12, 2026·2 min readClinical Science
Absolute and Relative Risk in Plain Terms
A headline percentage can sound large while the change in real terms is small. Two questions help readers tell the difference.
October 12, 2026·2 min readBehavioral
Why Good Intentions Often Fail
Intending to change is not the same as changing. Research suggests the gap is wide, and that forming a habit varies a great deal between people.
October 12, 2026·2 min read