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How to craft compelling, dazzling pitchbooks. Thoughts, ideas, and inspiration to help construct advanced financial analysis, build stunning data visualizations and tips for mastering client meetings.
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Have to go to a Halloween party straight from the office? Here are some last minute costume ideas. Didn’t have time to plan a Halloween costume and now have to dash from the office straight to the party, grab…
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We compare the singles, popularity and continual cultural impact of some of the most iconic musicians of the past 50 years. Despite passing away forty years ago this month, Elvis Presley is still one of the m…
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It's really difficult to present a standard data table. So can you use a more intuitive design to show the same data (and have a better meeting)? If you've spent any time in the trenches of an investment bank…
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There are many meal kit delivery services to choose from. For the uninitiated, which package of pre-cut ingredients is worth a try? U.S. meal kit delivery services have collectively raised more than $650 mill…
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Le Coucou won the James Beard award for "Best New Restaurant." How does it compare to other NYC restaurants? Le Coucou just won the James Beard award for "Best New Restaurant." In a city renowned for its food…
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Since the first tweet over ten years ago, who dominates the platform today? We rank followers, tweets, sentiment, reach and more. Eleven years ago this week, the first tweet was sent. Since then, Twitter has…
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One of Pellucid's most popular charts is the Comps ranking chart. Here's how it is easily created using the Pellucid platform. The Comps ranking chart is one of Pellucid’s most popular content items. A Pelluc…
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Comps ranking with summary table, Comps index with intensity bars, and Grouped comps bubble charts. Pellucid’s content library is designed specifically for investment bankers and strategic advisors. It’s fill…
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Comparing last year's most critically well-received books to one of the year's bestsellers, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. A December ritual is the publication of “best of” lists (we wrote one, too!). Han…
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Is a benchmarking ever just a benchmarking chart? At Pellucid, we spend a lot of time thinking about pitchbook content. And we’ve noticed that similar to the adage “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” inno…
Adrian Crockett
An update to last year's Star Wars ranking chart, this year, including lightsaber battles. To mark last year’s release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, we ranked each Star Wars movie to see which…
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Trending pitchbook content: Cumulative market returns, Comps ranking, and Metric vs. comps over time. Pellucid’s content library is designed specifically for investment bankers and strategic advisors. It’s fi…
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Which movie franchise can claim the best villain? We rank body count, weapon, scariness and more. For horror movies, everything rests on the depravity of the villain. From centuries-old demons, to psychopathi…
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There have been over 140 Saturday Night Live cast members. 16 have appeared in eight or more seasons. Who are they and how do they compare? Saturday Night Live will soon begin its 42nd season. Iconic for its…
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The L train's closure will cut off easy access to Williamsburg. Where should you go instead? In 2019, New York City’s L subway line will be closed for 18 months for repairs, effectively cutting off easy acce…
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Trending pitchbook content: analyst recommendations, share price performance, and benchmarking. From pitchbook essentials to advanced data visualizations, Pellucid's content library is designed to help banke…
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Since the first Independence Day almost a quarter of a century ago, how have the original 13 colonies changed? Ranked for population, size, and more. After some boundary adjustment and name updates, the 13 or…
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How do movie reboots from 2015, 2016, and 2017 compare to the original version? Ranking actual and predicted success. Next month the new Ghostbusters movie, the latest in a string of remakes, reboots, and lon…
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When you actually get to leave the office, which is the best finance city to live in? New York vs. London? Beijing vs. Hong Kong? Zurich vs. Frankfurt? Each city has its own unique appeal for bankers, with op…
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Looking at box office stats, Facebook traffic, and Google searches to see when we are at our most productive. We’re about five weeks into 2016. The holiday lethargy has been shaken off, school summer vacation…
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We rank the performance of some of the oldest companies listed on NYSE. At this week's World Economic Forum, corporate, political, and cultural leaders will be talking about the Fourth Industrial Revolution…
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We think it will be a match-up between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. See why. The holiday season is over, which in my opinion, means the actual most wonderful time of the year is here. The NFL…
Eric Rattner
We ranked 13 U.S. airports by traffic, snow, and average delays to see which is most likely to give the winter woes. Traveling over the holidays is a well-documented nightmare. Bad weather and over-booked f…
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The first six movies ranked by ratings, box office, and awards to see which could be called "the best." A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of anticipation. A new Star Wars movie, the se…
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