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by tj on April 28, 2005
Another company that continues to amaze me - yes it is not high-tech but a company that seems to run from one success to another. It provides the best in-flight service in the industry, has the...
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by tj on April 22, 2005
And I thought Rent-a-coder was cool... Thanks David.......
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by tj on April 18, 2005
According to Thomas Friedman at least who has just published his second book on globalization - The world is flat. The Economist had no good words for it. But I really liked his first book "The...
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by tj on April 10, 2005
Welcome to the latest edition of the 'Carnival of the Capitalists' I hope you enjoy the following hand selected TOP 20 entries below. They represent 20 great and original blog pieces from all...
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by tj on April 05, 2005
I have always been puzzled why IPTV (that is TV coming through a data pipe) has not catched on faster. It has so many advantages - simple to deliver and very good in tracking viewers. However very...
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by tj on April 05, 2005
As you might have seen and feared another Creative Weblogging site is hosting the Carnival of Capitalists next Sunday. I'm honored to do so again after last year in March. Up for nearly 1.5 years...
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by tj on April 03, 2005
I have not checked most of my newsfeeds for 2-3 weeks (too much sun in California :-): But there are some great posts worth sheding light on: - - Is there too much or too less VC money another...
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by tj on March 25, 2005
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have come out with a newly packaged version of Steven D. Levitt's papers which we had first introduced here. The history of the book aptly named...
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by tj on March 23, 2005
Springwise reports about an interesting consumer lending service: " Just launched: UK-based Zopa, a place where creditworthy consumers who'd like to borrow money can get together with other...
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by tj on March 20, 2005
I just finished Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book 'Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets'. An awful long title but it is indeed an entertaining book....
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by tj on March 11, 2005
The Economist analyzes the actual house price boom and gives clear indication to rent instead of buying in these countries. Interesting analysis of a bubble: "The ratio of prices to rents is a...
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by tj on March 08, 2005
Back in 2000 I was responsible for building up this site http://www.ehedge.info a community site dedicated to professional hedge fund managers. Hedge Funds have not been a real topic at that time but...
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by tj on March 08, 2005
And here comes another success story from China: "Like many Chinese entrepreneurs, Lu raised capital from relatives and friends, who in his case included other Chinese who studied in Britain at...
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by tj on March 04, 2005
Well after building a business in India for almost three years (2000-2003) I'm pretty disillusioned with the amount of R&D you expect from there but this article suggests otherwise:...
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by tj on February 25, 2005
This Forbes article on Germany's state of economy is harsh but honestly there is not much to disagree with: "Germany's acute sense of failure and unhappiness. This is a collective...
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by tj on February 06, 2005
One of my closely held beliefs is that influencing and predicting long-term changes is a science but doing it short-term is pure luck. Insofar I try to put some significant amounts in equity that...
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by tj on February 06, 2005
I just finished Michael Wolff's Autumn of the Moguls a book that is devoted to the modern media moguls and media landscape in NYC. It essentially covers a media conference in Manhattan and his...
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by tj on January 30, 2005
Sadogopan disssect the Economist's article about Toyota's success: "- Half of the three million increase in global industry output since 2000 came from Toyota. - Toyota will soon be...
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by tj on January 18, 2005
Anita has the newest Carnival of the Capitalist online. The Carnival is a weekly collection of the best entries in the 'economic blogosphere'. You may find welcome new and old sources for...
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by tj on January 04, 2005
I certainly agree with this post from Rob at Businesspundit if applied to larger organizations: "Here is an interesting article about how to analyze projects to determine the right time to kill...
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by tj on December 30, 2004
The SPIEGEL and Instapundit think so: "If you want to find out more information about this week's tsunami of biblical proportions in Southeast Asia and how you can help the victims, the best...
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by tj on December 25, 2004
The NYT covers an interesting story - the arrest of ebay's Indian CEO Mr. Avnish Bajaj: "The arrest of the Indian-born chief of Baazee.com, the unit of eBay that is India's largest...
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by tj on December 14, 2004
The Economist has a recent survey about Indonesia and gives a hint why Indonesia is not at all the place to invest in SE Asia: "The World Economic Forum ranks Indonesia 69th out of 104 countries...
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