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opportunity cost

Benefit, profit, or value of something that must be given up to acquire or achieve something else. Since every resource (land, money, time, etc.) can be put to alternative uses, every action, choice, or decision has an associated opportunity cost. Opportunity costs are fundamental costs in economics, and are used in ... more

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What Kind of Problems to Solve

by Warren Buffett

After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie Munger and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. To the ex ... Read more

What is a C Corporation?

- from Investorguide.com

A business can be set up in a variety of ways, ranging from a sole-proprietorship to a general partnership, an LLC to a corporation. Corporations are remarkably different from other forms of businesses in the sense that it is an independent legal entity that is separate from the people who own, control and manage it. Due to this recognition as an individual entity, it is viewed as a legal "person" in the view of tax laws, and can thus be engaged in business and contracts, can initiate lawsuits a... Read more

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