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.
Interesting look inside the business of celebrity tutors in Hong Kong.
Tutorial skills are big business in Hong Kong and Richard Eng has managed to make a name (and substantial business for himself). CNN video below.
More on Hong Kong’s unique thriving business HERE from the Wall Street Journal
I posted Steve Jobs graduation speech previously, which you can see HERE. I believe this video below captures the reasons for his immensely successful career.
I wanted to share a book I enjoyed recently called The Arrogance Cycle by Michael K Farr. It gives a detailed, comedic, and inside look at the emotions, entitlements, arrogance, and detached reality some investors have (both on Wall Street and Main Street). For anyone who enjoyed Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker you will enjoy The [...]
A stock I have been following for a while, simply because of the HUGE dividend (32%) is YPF, the large Argentinean energy company. YPF has a very interesting back story, as the government of Argentina recently took over the company. The Argentinean government is basically demanding YPF to use its earnings to develop the country [...]
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
Everyone has seen the film entitled The Pursuit of Happyness. Now get a chance to meet the real life person this film was based on in this brief video. Gardner overcame extreme adversity in his life, and became a very successful and wealthy individual. He managed 13 hour days, AND taking care of a toddler! [...]
One of the funniest books I have read this year by far was The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort. The book details Jordan’s rise to wealth (and subsequent fall that sent him straight into prison) as the owner of the notorious brokerage firm Statton Oakmont. At one time his book was optioned with [...]
First interview with Four Square since it’s new $50 Million VC funding by Andreesen Horowitz and $600 valuation. Wall Street Journal interviews Four Square Co-Founder Naveen Selvadurai. Foursquare is using the money to expand by opening the new office in SF and go on a hiring spree. They also want to expand globally. Naveen discusses [...]
Harvard Business School professor William Sahlman gives an entertaining and informational presentation on Opportunity Recognition and Leveraging One’s Experience. Very interesting to hear him describe opportunities no one would ever consider, like creating a profitable business in electric candy. This guy knows what he is talking about, having received an MBA and also a PHD [...]
