It Pays Rich Dividends
English is an interesting language. We bring financial concepts into daily expressions and vice versa. All the English-speaking countries in the world trace their English language origin to some connection, if not a straight colonization, to The British Empire or the East India Company. Many of the old British expressions have survived centuries and are used even today in many countries that have historical connection to the language. This post takes an old British expression, back to the days of William Shakespeare (The Bard), that a good venture “pays rich dividends”. Even as a poet, he knew about the rules and ruthlessness of business, seen in his classic The Merchant of Venice.
Raman Venkatesh is the founder of Ten Factorial Rocks. Raman is a ‘Gen X’ corporate executive in his mid 40’s. In addition to having a Ph.D. in engineering, he has worked in almost all continents of the world. Ten Factorial Rocks (TFR) was created to chronicle his journey towards retirement while sharing his views on the absurdities and pitfalls along the way. The name was taken from the mathematical function 10! (ten factorial) which is equal to 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3,628,800.
