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"Isn’t it strange / That princes and kings, / And clowns that caper / In sawdust rings, / And common people / Like you and me / Are builders for eternity? // Each is given a bag of tools, / A shapeless mass, / A book of rules; / And each must make - / Ere life is flown - / A stumbling block / Or a steppingstone." - A Bag of Tools - RL Sharpe (about 1890)

Quote: A Bag of Tools – RL Sharpe (about 1890)

"But there is no other way. The river cannot go back. Nobody can go back. To go back is impossible in existence. The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will the fear disappear, because that's when the river will know it's not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean." - Fear, Kahlil Gibran - Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist

Quote: Fear, Kahlil Gibran – Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist

"A reverse Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation technique that works backward from a company’s current stock price to determine the market’s implicit growth assumptions. Instead of forecasting future cash flows to find value (standard DCF), you use the current market cap, discount rate, and free cash flow to solve for the growth rate required." - Reverse Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) -

Term: Reverse Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

"You cannot do everything alone - especially when you get to a certain level. It is impossible." - Hamdi Ulukaya - Founder, Chobani yogurt

Quote: Hamdi Ulukaya – Founder, Chobani yogurt

"A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept." - Professor John Ousterhout - Stanford

Quote: Professor John Ousterhout – Stanford

"I myself took training on AI and became a master of Co-pilot because we all have to step forward." - Kristalina Georgieva - Managing Director, IMF

Quote: Kristalina Georgieva – Managing Director, IMF

"The question is whether you want to be valued as a company that optimised expenses [using AI], or as one that fundamentally changed its growth trajectory." - Joe Beutler - OpenAI

Quote: Joe Beutler – OpenAI

"What is being eliminated [by AI] are often tasks done by new entries into the labor force - young people. Conversely, people with higher skills get better pay, spend more locally, and that ironically increases demand for low-skill jobs. This is bad news for recent ... graduates." - Kristalina Georgieva - Managing Director, IMF

Quote: Kristalina Georgieva – Managing Director, IMF

"Is the labour market ready [for AI] ? The honest answer is no. Our study shows that already in advanced economies, one in ten jobs require new skills." - Kristalina Georgieva - Managing Director, IMF

Quote: Kristalina Georgieva – Managing Director, IMF

"We assess that 40% of jobs globally are going to be impacted by AI over the next couple of years - either enhanced, eliminated, or transformed. In advanced economies, it’s 60%." - Kristalina Georgieva - Managing Director, IMF

Quote: Kristalina Georgieva – Managing Director, IMF

"Productivity growth has been slow over the last two decades. AI holds a promise to significantly lift it. We calculated that the impact on global growth could be between 0,1% and 0,8%. That is very significant. However, it is happening incredibly quickly." - Kristalina Georgieva - Managing Director, IMF

Quote: Kristalina Georgieva – Managing Director, IMF

"AI is not only an innovation itself but has the potential to accelerate other innovation." - Blackrock -

Quote: Blackrock

In finance and strategy, “growth” signifies the increase in a business’s economic output, profitability, value, or market position over time. It is a central concern for executives, investors, and analysts, as sustainable growth underpins both valuation and a company’s long-term competitive advantage.

Term: Growth

“Why is growth important? Because the power of compound arithmetic is such that, in a high-growth venture, sales - and profits, when they appear - will multiply quickly. It is quite different from the great majority of firms, which grow only slowly, and where profit growth is difficult and far from automatic.” - Richard Koch - Author, investor, strategist

Quote: Richard Koch Author, investor, strategist

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