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.
Wanted to share this informative pie chart showing which words pay Google the most.
Be ready to pay up if you want to advertise insurance, also random to see “Cord Blood” made its way into top 20!
Pretty amazing Howard Schultz profile from 60 minutes below (12 minute video)
Schultz talks about how he went from living in public housing and selling his blood to get through college, to creating a $29 billion corporation that doubles sales every 3 years. He also dives into some of the unique marketing practices Starbucks used to create such a dominant brand, and how how he managed to get investors back in 1987.
Great Bloomberg Venture interview below with Pete Cashmore (CEO of Mashable). I recently saw Pete in Forbes’s 30 under 30 which states “with 20 million monthly unique visitors, [Mashable] is almost as large as Huffington Post was when AOL bought it for $315 Million last year”
Mashable is:
-One of the most profitable blogs on the internet
-The second most linked to blog only after the Huffington Post
-Top 10 Blog within a year and half after launching
Cashmore describes his background, the rise of Mashable’s vast audience, and the site’s monetization.
Forbes article on Cashmore HERE
Wanted to share a great video biography piece on Dave Thomas of Wendy’s which aired recently on CNBC.
I couldn’t find the full video online yet but have added the short bio below:
Interesting to see Dave learned the ropes from none other than Colonel Sanders of KFC
If you can catch the full CNBC video currently airing, it has some great information into the highly competitive burger business during the 80′s and strong rivalry between Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and Burger King.
Also detailed is the famous “Wheres the Beef” marketing campaign, which became a prominent phrase and was even mentioned during in the 1984 presidential election.
For more on Dave click HERE.
If you are looking for books this Black Friday to buy for yourself or friends, take a look at this article from the Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal Article located HERE
It lists the specific books which successful business men and CEOs used to help improve their entreprise, and the aspects of the book’s particular significance.
I have listed some of my favorite books HERE.
Ever wondered what Richard Branson’s business life is like. Check out this behind the scenes look below.
Wealth comes in many forms. Below is the inspiring story of the life of start-up social entrepreneur Scott Harrison. Scott started the non profit Charity:Water, which provides clean drinking water to people in Liberia.
Scott describes his reasons for starting the charity and his success in launching and branding it.
Branding Charity Water
Scott’s Reinvention
more on Charity Water HERE.
This article by Worth.com in the link below is a MUST SEE! The top 100 most influential people in finance are listed with a description of their path to power. Also listed are some of the power moves they made to propel their influence. Profiles include Lloyd Blankfeind, Angela Merkel, Warren Buffet, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Rupert [...]
If you missed it previously, below I have posted the 60 Minutes Piece on Jobs.
In my opinion this video below is the best episode of Millionaire Inside simply because the producers managed to wrangle some of the best entrepreneurs and personal finance authors around. Each guest speaker speaks about their background, personal story, and means for inspiration behind their immense wealth and success. Featured speakers: -Keith Ferrazzi (author of [...]
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries on Dubai but thought this one stood out. It focuses on the 120,000 English businessmen and women who have traveled to Dubai to find fortune in the country, and its booming real estate market. Video also addresses the credit crunch. Hosted by Piers Morgan.
With the film The Social Network being released recently, everyone has heard of Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, the youngest billionaire in the world. However, some may not yet have heard of Yoshikazu Tanaka, the second wealthiest billionaire in the world under the age of 35. Yoshikazu is the only self made billionaire in Asia, of [...]
Recently back from a trip to Canada, I wanted to include some business advice from our entrepreneurial friends up north. I could not find a better example than Quebec born Guy Laliberte, the CEO of Cirque du Soleil, whose story is most fascinating (he is one of the wealthiest men in Canada). Guy actually dropped [...]
Whenever I’m getting a haircut I always notice all those Paul Mitchell bottles shelved up high, or in the hands of some hair stylists aggressively selling it to me. There must be a good story behind this brand which is constantly in ones face. Due to the packaging, most people know the name Paul Mitchell, [...]
