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Should We Rethink the Use of EBITDA?

EBITDA is one of the most common metrics in finance. However, while intended to provide a “cleaner” picture of operating performance than net income, in reality it often achieves the opposite effect. It is also in many cases a questionable proxy for cash flow, as well as a dubious valuation tool.

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Puneet Gandhi

Puneet Gandhi

Puneet has a decade of experience across investment banking (Goldman Sachs), equity research (hedge fund, $1bn AUM), and corporate finance.

How to Create Nested Symbols in Sketch

Sketch is not a complex tool, but it’s array of features can save you a lot of time – especially Symbols. In this tutorial, learn how to nest symbols in Sketch.

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Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech is a product designer and web designer with 8 years of experience. He’s passionate about typography and sound design.

The Ultimate List of 50 of the Best Sketch Plugins

Designers love Sketch for its simplicity. They love it thanks to its plugins, which add numerous features. Here are 50 of the very best plugins for Sketch.

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Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech is a product designer and web designer with 8 years of experience. He’s passionate about typography and sound design.

Why Investors Are Irrational, According to Behavioral Finance

Though traditional economic theory posits that individuals are rational, we all know this to be an oversimplification of the truth. The cyclical investment process is rife with psychological pitfalls. Only by becoming aware of and actively avoiding innate behavioral biases can investors reach impartial decisions. Herein lies the true value of the emerging field of behavioral finance, which sheds light on investor psychology and true financial behavior.

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Melissa Lin

Melissa Lin

Melissa has worked in ECM, tech startups, and management consulting, advising Fortune 500 companies across multiple sectors.

iOS Centralized and Decoupled Networking: AFNetworking Tutorial with a Singleton Class

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern is great for the longevity and maintainability of an iOS application’s codebase… but you may find yourself adding similar functions to multiple models as your app grows. In cases such as networking, moving common logic out of your model classes and into singleton helper classes can be a better approach. In this article, I’ll teach you how to set up a centralized singleton networking object that, decoupled from micro-level MVC components, can be reused throughout your application.

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James Cahall

James Cahall

James is a veteran, result-driven engineer with 7+ years of C-level experience. He is lead developer of a service with 8 million users.

iOS ARKit Tutorial: Drawing in the Air with Bare Fingers

With augmented reality on the rise, more and more libraries and tools are developed to tap into that market. Apple recently released ARKit, which shows great promise through power and simplicity of use.

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Osama AbdelKarim AboulHassan

Osama AbdelKarim AboulHassan

Osama has 8+ years of experience developing iOS/Mac apps, and leading technical teams. He also co-founded a startup with 10m users worldwide

A How-to Guide to SVG Animation

The advantages of SVG on the web go beyond producing resolution-independent graphics. With a little CSS and JavaScript, you can apply cool animations and effects to your front end without requiring the user to install bulky plugins.

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Juan Calou

Juan Calou

Juan is a systems engineer since 2005. He is an eager learner, a versatile developer, and has great attention to detail.

Guide to Data Synchronization in Microsoft SQL Server

Sharing related information among isolated systems has become increasingly important. There are many methods to choose from to perform that task for SQL Server, but it’s important to know which is better for each use case.

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Andrej Gajdos

Andrej Gajdos

With a Master’s degree in Service Science, Management, and Engineering, Andrej works on projects of all sizes for clients around the world.

A Deep Dive into Elon Musk’s Investments: The Makings of a Billionaire

Everyone is familiar with Elon Musk the Entrepreneur, but what about Musk the Investor? In this article, we will look at how Musk has funded his ventures and managed his personal angel investments over his career, clever tactics that he has applied, and lessons learned from his experiences.

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