the new new math

Or, rather, The New Media Business Math. Perhaps a bit too close to home:

“Problem 5. You are a young, dashing New Media veteran. Out of the ten companies you managed in the last five years, three imploded before their IPO went through, four imploded right after the IPO went through but before you and your board could cash in their stock options, and three were shut down by the FBI as fronts for money laundering for the mob shortly after you left for greener pastures. How many more companies can you head before News.com stops prefacing your name in its reports with ‘wunderkind’ and replaces that preface with ‘pathological liar’ or ‘dog-felching weasel’?”