This guy is fortunately back on his feet with a job now but really interesting story from 20/20 if you all had not seen it previously.
Facebook suffered its biggest one day drop this week since its inception on Friday. Pretty interesting article from Market Watch. Facebook is basically half of what it IPO’d at ($38), with some saying it could go as low at $10/share. Article Link below.
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 [...]
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 [...]
His name may not sound familiar but the brands he owns are internationally known. Pinault is the majority shareholder of luxury goods group, PPR, which owns brands like Gucci, Samsonite, Converse and many popular French brands. Having dropped out of high school, Francois’s rise to wealth is most astounding. His rise was a mix of [...]
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.
To anyone who hasn’t seen it already, Bloomberg TV has created some excellent webisodes entitled Game Changers, profiling various entrepreneurs (Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Henry Kravis, Jon Stewart, Jay Z and Sergei Brin & Larry Page). For example, most people know that Larry Ellison created Oracle and that this is how he amassed his great [...]
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 [...]
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
