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.
Entrepreneur Magazine just recently posted their list of Franchises for under 50K catergorized by industry. Take a look HERE.
Wanted to share this interesting video from WSJ’s new segment “WSJ Money,” which details the worlds most cash rich city: Singapore. The stability of the city-state attracts many tastemakers.
Looks like DUBAI is now a thing of the past
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.
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.
Fortune Magazine has just published the New 40 Under 40 List. The usual suspects are on here including Zuckerberg and Larry Page but it is interesting to note Greg Jensen and John Arnold (who I profiled earlier). Short Bio on Each winner. Link is HERE, or click Hyperlinked text above.
The fate of Borders Bookstore will be determined this Sunday, July 17th (the deadline for them to either find a new buyer or face liquidation). With this being the case I wanted to illustrate the rise and fall of this brand name and found this great article located HERE. Additional information below:
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 [...]
Pretty interesting video on how The Grateful Dead had a different business model compared to other bands at the time. High cost music production forced the band to focus on touring only and provide their recorded music free of charge, claiming 100% of touring revenue instead of a fraction of album sales.
Remember the scene in film “The Social Network” where Zuckerberg receives a check for $500K and the entire audience knew the rest was history. The person who signed the check was Peter Thiel, whose rise to wealth is quite impressive. He founded Pay Pal (with the help of Max Levchin), created venture capital company The [...]
Shortly after losing a bid for MGM, Carl Icahn is back at it again. In the MGM deal he was battling against Spyglass chiefs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum. This time he goes up against heavyweights The Blackstone Group for Dynegy. Carl is always ready for a good hostile takeover, and his story is an [...]
There is a common saying that “a dog is a man’s best friend”. However, man’s new best friend undoubtedly has to be the George Foreman Grill. Everyone knows heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman promoted the product, and therefore receives all the recognition and fame (supposedly Hulk Hogan was originally offered the gig but passed on [...]
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 [...]
