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
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 [...]
Scott Shane is the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He has also written or edited ten books on business and entrepreneurship. His book Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live by (Yale University Press, 2008) was one of the top ten [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Be Greedy when others are Fearful” -Warren Buffett- To anyone interested in taking advantage of the AA+ rating by purchasing undervalued stocks, which are plummeting due to the emotional sell off caused by the downgrade, I have listed a few stocks I believe are worth purchasing and why I believe so. WELLS FARGO BANK (WFC) [...]
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
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 [...]
