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Posted in Books on Jun 25th, 2008
Classic Writings By Legendary EntrepreneursThe essays by over 50 famous entrepreneurs takes you into their minds as they create companies that are now the bedrock of the American economy. A few paragraphs from the editor introduce each story and gives you some historical context and some personal information about the writer. In addition to [...]
Posted in Books, Business, Investments on Jun 3rd, 2008
Robert Hagstrom gives a good description of Buffett’s style of focus investing; basically investing in 10-15 companies you understand very well and can monitor closely rather than investing in more companies that you can’t understand as well or monitor as closely.
Hagstrom then goes on to argue that Buffett’s value investing principles can be applied to [...]
Posted in Books, Business, Observations on May 28th, 2008
If you’ve gotten irrationally exuberant over the prospects of starting up your own business, here’s your cold shower. Scott Shane goes through some of the popular conceptions of startups busting myths and setting out the more sobering reality supported by data. To cut to the chase, government intervention to help startups is not [...]