We're Not Fooled By Randomness Anymore

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We're Not Fooled By Randomness Anymore

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Feb 13, 2015

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Devin and Jim talk about Nassim Nicholas Taleb's gem, "Fooled by Randomness"

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Feb 13, 2015

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Hosted by Devin Mathews and Jim Milbery, partners at ParkerGale Capital, a middle-market private equity group. This bi-weekly show is a lively discussion of the uses of technology to improve business operations for companies with less than $100 million in revenue.

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