Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Last week in Rio, Michael Phelps went out on a high note: After leading the U.S. swim team to victory in the 400-meter relay—and receiving a record-high 23 rd Olympic gold medal—Phelps hung up his goggles and retired.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy: In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Back in 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for about $50 billion. Yahoo rejected the offer as being “too low.” Last week, a new deal for Yahoo came in—this time from Verizon.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Last week, Unilever acquired a start-up for $1 billion. The start-up’s early investors made an estimated 166 times their money.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Has anyone ever “borrowed” one of your ideas and used it as their own? If I’m not mistaken, it just happened to me—and I’m thrilled.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
I just read a frightening research report. It was written by the leading research firm in the world, so it’s tough to refute.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
For the past 10 years, I’ve celebrated July 4th in the same way: At a lopsided picnic table in the countryside, surrounded by friends, family, and mountains of beer and barbecue.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Check out this email I received recently (I blurred the details for privacy): And during the past year, I’ve received many other emails just like it.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
You’ve already read about Wayne’s story, and about mine... So today I want to tell you a little story about someone else.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Several weeks ago, I caught a game with some buddies at Yankee Stadium. After buying tickets, some BBQ from Brother Jimmy’s, and a few rounds of Buds, we spent about $100 each.