A great series on China’s Rise on Hulu, video/link below. Watch Episode 5,2, and 1 (in that order).
http://www.hulu.com/china-rises
Episode 5 below follows 3 British entrepreneurs making their millions in China. They experience immense opportunity, unique challenges, and obscure environments. Also interesting to see entire cities dedicated to one product like zippers, underwear, or faucet taps.
Friends at 29doors.com and TurboMetrics.com have partnered to produce an infographic showing home price appreciation for every state in the U.S.. Very interesting information worth sharing.
Wanted to share a thought provoking page from the 2030 Global Trends Report on potential Black Swans that would cause the greatest disruptive impact to the Global Economy. The full 160 page report is available HERE and given to the US Director of National Intelligence for long term strategy.
Very entertaining and informative video from International Monetary Fund on the growth and future of the Chinese Economy.
Entrepreneur Magazine just recently posted their list of Franchises for under 50K catergorized by industry. Take a look HERE.
Massively profitable gaming company Blizzard Entertainment just recently purchased IGN Sports league in a move that signals the increasing popularity and influence of E-Sports & Competitive Gaming events. I have also posted an great video below.
Some more facts on the rise of competitive gaming from Venture Beat and Forbes HERE and HERE
Great article in WSJ posted HERE on the enormous gambling market of March Madness, some facts/excerpts below:
“When it comes to betting, experts expect more money to be spent on March Madness than the Super Bowl. According to RJ Bell, the owner of Pregame.com, $12 billion dollars will be spent worldwide on March Madness betting. This exceeds the $10 billion bet on the Super Bowl worldwide. However, Bell notes that comparing the amount of money spent on betting for the two events may not be wise, as the Super Bowl draws that amount of bets for just one game, whereas March Madness sees its amount over the span of 67 games.”
Also to my fellow Bruins, take note of the below before placing a bet based on seeds:
“Minnesota is an 11-seed, but they’re favored by three points over UCLA. If UCLA loses this game, the guys on TV will call it an upset. The reality though, is it wouldn’t be an upset because Vegas says Minnesota is supposed to win that game.”
“Be Greedy when others are Fearful” -Warren Buffett- To anyone interested in taking advantage of the AA+ rating by purchasing undervalued stocks, which are plummeting due to the emotional sell off caused by the downgrade, I have listed a few stocks I believe are worth purchasing and why I believe so. WELLS FARGO BANK (WFC) [...]
Anyone who has spent a few minutes sitting in one of those massage chairs located in Brookstone can appreciate the struggle Singaporean entrepreneur Ron Sim took building his company OSIM International. OSIM is one of the largest producers of luxury massage chairs in the world with past sales of over a billion annually (his net [...]
Felix Dennis is an extremely successful entrepreneur and peculiar individual. His rise to wealth came in the form of owning various successful publications, such as Maxim. What makes Felix so interesting is that he was: • At one time addicted to crack cocaine (he started abusing the same year he started Maxim) • Briefly jailed [...]
John Johnson was the first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400 list, having amassed immense wealth from his successful magazine, EBONY. Johnson succeeded as an African-American entrepreneur during the 1940’s, thus his story is worth sharing and most remarkable. Johnson came from a very poor family but his leadership skills were exemplified early on, [...]
Everyone has heard of Zuckerberg and Gates, but not as much is known about the wealthiest man in the world, Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim. In the links below I have included an excellent Wall Street Journal profile, and another link which has an extensive interview on Slim. In the interview, Carlos explains his business model, [...]
This is a great speech by Steve Jobs (arguably one of the best even though his Ipad demonstrations are pretty entertaining). He explains his rise to wealth, and the important lessons in his life. He speaks about his time in college and the odd classes he took. His rise to wealth is very peculiar, but [...]
One of the books I really enjoyed reading recently was BAG THE ELEPHANT! by Steve Kaplan (New York Times’, Wall Street Journal’s, USA Today’s, and Business Week’s bestseller list). In seven years, Steve grew his marketing company SCA from a start up to $250 million in sales with offices in 14 countries. One of the [...]
