I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Tony Hsieh’s new book, “Delivering Happiness,” which is available today in book stores everywhere. The book is a great read for any entrepreneur or business executive who wants to look at business (and maybe even life?) differently. Before I give my review, I want to [...]
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Book Review: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Fun on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Was the Groupon Price Tag Cheap?
Posted in Business, Investing, Startups on April 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
TechCrunch reports that Groupon just raised $135 Million at a $1.35 Billion valuation. They also provide the full press release as to the details (used for some operational capital but also allowing investors/insiders to take some money off the table.) When people throw around crazy numbers that start with a “B”, especially for an internet [...]
The “Rob a Bank Test” of Startups
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship on April 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was a bad kid. Not like a ‘terrible,’ beat people up, deal drugs, got to juvenile hall kind of kid… but a naughty kid. I may have egged a few cars, thrown parties when my parents were out of town, vandalized things here and there and snuck out/joy rided in cars before I had [...]
What Does Disruption Look Like?
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Above is a chart of the stock performance of two companies, since 2003, which compete in the same space. For now, we’ll call one “blue” and the other “red” (hint: this will be ironic later.) They are both consumer facing companies and brands which VIRTUALLY anyone would recognize. They are large, well known, serving in [...]
Who is the Richest Man in New York City?
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I love asking weird and provocative questions to prove a point. This one is no different. So who is the Richest Man in New York City? (Take a second and write your answer down.) Is it the famous financier and founder of the Blackstone Group (Arguably, the best private equity firm in the world?) Steve [...]
How do you create a business model that profits from failure?
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This post is a bit less planned than most but here goes: In the video below, Randy Komisar from KPCB talks about the uniqueness of Silicon Valley. He highlights how it deals with failure. Specifically, he says Silicon Valley rewards experience as an “asset” you can trade in for future endeavors. He also says that [...]
Basketball & Evaluating Business Decisions
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Back when I was a student at Penn, I was a “business” summer camp counselor for Wharton (seriously, huge dork, I know.) As a counselor, I would attend different speaker sessions from accomplished businessmen and entrepreneurs. One of the people we met was one of the owners of the 76ers. He told a story that [...]
Investing 101 + Stock Picks
Posted in Business, Investing on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Having a genuine passion and interest for business and businesses, investing was always something which got me excited. You go through a business in detail, understand how it serves customers, grows, makes money and competes. It’s exciting and at the end, you have to make a decision. Do I put my money in this company [...]
2009, looking back… and ahead
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Personal on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing that an entire decade in the ’21st century’ has passed! For me, it’s obviously been my most formative years, going from 15 to 25. At age 14-16 (aka 1998-2000), I became most interested in both the startup world and finance which have been the two focuses of my career thus far. I was [...]
Why don’t retailers invent more holidays?
Posted in Business, Fun on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Given the holiday season upon us, I can’t stop thinking about how many people are out shopping right now. And can’t believe how much spending is done in the name of holidays! Sounds silly I suppose. But I’m surprised retailers of all shapes and sizes don’t band together to fund efforts to invent (or better [...]
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