How investment firms can effectively operate from home

Key quotes:

• "Since companies rarely explain effective ways to work remotely, I’ve put together a few recommendations that have helped me over the years."
• "Remote working is becoming more common, so consider the habits below to get the most out of the days you’re not in the office."
• "When you go to this designated space, you know that it’s time to work."
• "I make an hour-by-hour schedule each evening that includes my priorities and when I’ll work on them."
• "I also prioritize communicating with colleagues, and this is important to do when you’re working remotely."
• "I find it helpful to check digital communication tools at designated times during my day."

Key quotes:

• "To solve a harder problem, you had to physically add more memory, then more computers and finally get a bigger office."
• "If you want a bigger building, a larger empire or even just more sales, you need more resources."
• "For some of us, this limited access to talent and resources will cost us our companies."
• "Mechanical Turk, CrowdFlower) Short-term, one-off projects (well defined) For example, running a quick analysis on a new transaction dataset to check if there is any signal in predicting company revenues."
• "UpWork, Fiverr) High skill or longer term projects (well defined) For example, a team of quants looking to add a new, semantic search feature to an existing research platform."
• "Having many solutions may allow you to combine approaches, with every incremental idea increases the accuracy by the little extra bit."

Key quotes:

• "But by paying attention to the trends of the coming decade and creating long term investment strategies, you can position yourself to take advantage of break out opportunities."
• "We’ve seen this trend emerge through the massive growth of companies like the eCommerce giant Shopify and the rapidly growing information product platform Gumroad."
• "Global telecom, health insurance solutions, and currency exchange services may also prove to be unique opportunities for remote work investing."
• "There are many businesses that will benefit from remote work as a major trend of the decade."
• "We can expect SaaS companies to provide solutions for preexisting education formats and new opportunities like micro-schools."
• "We can expect new tools will emerge to support yet to be invented education models represent interesting investment opportunities to keep an eye out for."

Key quotes:

• "Many companies worldwide do not actually have policies nor allow remote working."
• "Remote working, especially working from home, can be great because everything from your fridge to your computer is easily accessible."
• "In the office, you’re most likely grabbing time for a coffee or reading the news between your projects, so there’s nothing wrong with doing this at home too."
• "If you’ve always been a face to face person, unfortunately, remote working is something that you might need to embrace."
• "Personally, I feel very fortunate to be in a period where there is an abundance of tools to work remotely."
• "Having a proper workspace is essential in keeping productive, especially a dedicated space for your work."

Key quotes:

• "Remember that no matter the type of home business you chose to start, it is important to make sure your personal and business finances are separate."
• "This article shares some ways to start a business from home and business ideas for you as well."
• "Here when I talk about your skills, I mean the things you can do to produce an idea and plan towards its execution."
• "Putting your talents and skills together will help you create a business idea that will work."
• "As you begin your journey, you might have the right motivation to start your business but you find it difficult trying to figure out how to lunch a small business from home."
• "After shelling out a business idea, the next step is knowing your target market."