Index funds. ETFs. Earnings calls. As product folks, we have to higher perceive how international commerce and innovation works.
By Jon Matheson for Product Coalition
When was the final time you considered how the financial system works? I imply, as product folks we’re superb at fascinated by the methods we construct merchandise so prospects can discover methods to make their lives higher.
However do you ever actually take into consideration how constructing merchandise occur in other places and the way that impacts all the world?
I not too long ago had an intriguing dialog with my pal Rubin, who’s a enterprise supervisor and an funding fanatic. We talked about just a few issues — product improvement, world commerce, the financial system, index funds, and the way all of this ties into sensible investing.
And you realize, generally these conversations can spark some fairly profound ideas, and this was positively a kind of occasions.
He began by telling me about his fascination with factories. On YouTube, he likes to look at movies of individuals working in factories making issues like sneakers, widgets, and different expertise.
