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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Shootin’ From The Don’t
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Fun, Personal on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love playing craps. It is the most unique game in the casino. Complex, loud, social, exciting and quick. The average game has 15-20 people involved and engaged at different levels, wagering on different outcomes and hoping for different numbers. Craps is also unique from blackjack, poker and most other games given how really independent [...]

