This site is more about what I read and a place for my friends to get a gist of what I read. I am interested in Technology, Venture capital, Finance, and real estate and emerging markets.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Gardener as a referral source.
You Never Know Whom They Know - Referral Networking - Entrepreneur.com
gardener can be a referral source to the rich?
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Paulson the man who made too much - I call him man with iron balls
John Paulson Profits in Downturn - Executive Articles - Portfolio.com
Following high school in Brooklyn, Paulson moved on to New York University, which in the 1970s offered a popular seminar taught by John Whitehead, then a senior partner at Goldman Sachs. Paulson listened, fascinated, as Robert Rubin, later secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton and now an unofficial adviser to Barack Obama—talked about the mysterious and new (to Paulson, anyway) world of risk arbitrage. At the time, the scholarly, soft-spoken Rubin was viewed, at least by Paulson’s professor, as the smartest partner at Goldman Sachs; he was certainly the richest. Paulson graduated first in the class of 1978, with visions of arbitrage in his future.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
25 Greatest Self-Made Men in History | The Art of Manliness
25 Greatest Self-Made Men in History | The Art of Manliness
25 of the Greatest Self-Made Men in American History
Friday, January 09, 2009
How to hide 50 billion dollars ? Interesting any takers
Where Has Bernie Madoff Buried His Loot? - TIME
Instead, a white-collar fraudster like Madoff could create multiple phony investment-advisory businesses in foreign countries, similar to legitimate businesses he's actually working with. Says Reich: "All he has to do is create fake invoices over the years and pay in to those fake companies, then create new phony businesses in other countries, have the monies transferred to them, and then close down the original fake businesses. It's how the mob does it; the money trail is wiped clean.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Who is a Banker?
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. -Mark Twain : business
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. -Mark Twain