George Roberts of KKR being interviewed at Stanford Business School. George describes how to pick a good business partner, as well as the early days of KKR. George is one of the pioneers of the leveraged buyout business. If you have read the book Barbarians at The Gate you will definitely enjoy this video.
Great old school video below of Steve Jobs rocking a solid beard and dishing some sound advice. Jobs discusses how he called Bill Hewlett (co-founder of HP) at age 12, landing a summer job.
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 [...]
This is a great brief video from 2006, when Dell Computer’s stock was at its all time low. The video details the steps Michael took to rebuild the brand, his turnaround strategy, and the reasons he gave to investors in order for them to keep faith in the company. The video also gives some historical [...]
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.
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. Market Watch – Is 20 The Floor for Facebook
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 [...]
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.
