Brandon Giella

God created the world with a certain order: day and night, seasons, birth and death. I'm learning that money and morals also have an order to them.

A well-ordered capital structure can create a sense of refuge and opportunity. Building what JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon calls a "fortress balance sheet" allows you to pass through the valley of the shad

Perhaps LBOs are moral decisions. In other words, the assumptions embedded within financial transactions are made with an implicit or explicit moral framework or worldview.

After eighteen months of running my own business, I've learned that the challenges you face while doing so aren't business problems.

What I’m learning about all three

On Tuesday, I launched my new company called Snapmarket, a hyper-efficient marketing subscription to support and scale your business. Pause or cancel anytime. No contracts, no meetings, no hassle. Just great work. We already have one client and solid conversations lined up today and next week. I’m excited about

Last week, one investor wrote on LinkedIn that Fed chair Jerome Powell could be hailed as the “most successful and important central bank governor this country has ever had.”  High praise. Why? Brandon Giella is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free

“Japan, Japan, Japan,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon once said in an interview. When he was coming up through Harvard Business School in the early 1980s, it seemed to be what everyone was talking about. Now, it seems, everyone is talking about China. Why? The last few decades have witnessed an

At the top of an income statement sits revenue. That income filters through expenses to leave net income, or profit, on the other side. What happens in between is where efficiency plays a crucial role. If a firm can create more net income by lowering its cost of goods sold,