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1 month ago

Klarvy – a Productivity Tool

By Andy Jones
In Entrepreneurship, Life, Technology
1 month ago
22August

I built Klarvy because I wanted a productivity app to replace my old-school spiral notebook and improve my task lists. Historically, I would take notes by hand and star TO DO items. The problem: the old spiral notebook wasn’t searchable. I was frequently flipping pages back in time trying to find when I last spoke to a person and remind myself of what we discussed. I’m sure this is...

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2 months ago

Comparing U.S. and Swedish Tax Systems

By Andy Jones
In Investment Banking
2 months ago
16August

Question: If a family of four earns $100,000 per year, how much of their income remains after paying all the various taxes in the U.S.? Answer: a little more than half. Is this reasonable? That’s difficult to ascertain in a vacuum. It would be interesting to understand how this compares to another country. Since I have spent every summer in Sweden for the past three decades (and did my MBA in...

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