I am a big fan of thrillers and loved The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Dan … Continuer la lecture de « Inferno is a good summer read »

As you might have noticed from previous posts, I love skiing. As I am living in Cabarete these … Continuer la lecture de « The skiing beach bum in me is intrigued 🙂 »

As you can probably imagine given my recent blog post, Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces, marketplaces have … Continuer la lecture de « Bill Gurley’s thoughts on marketplaces are a must read! »

I have been wondering of late if my rational heuristic driven approach to business selection is making me … Continuer la lecture de « Am I ambitious enough? »

Dominic Barton, the managing director of McKinsey, recently gave an insightful speech at Stanford Business School. I encourage … Continuer la lecture de « Great speech on the five trends reshaping the global economy »

Check out this interesting Harvard Business Review article: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2013/05/the-unexpected-antidote-to-pro.html

Bill Gurley is a partner at Benchmark and an investor and on the board of Uber, OpenTable and … Continuer la lecture de « Great article on optimal take rates in Internet businesses »

I have always been partial to third party action adventure games like Drake Unchartered and the latest Tomb … Continuer la lecture de « The latest Tomb Raider is fantastic! »

Paul Miller, a technology writer for The Verge, decided to spend 365 days offline. No email, Google, Facebook, … Continuer la lecture de « Don’t blame the Internet for your failings! »

I just finished reading through all of them and found them very insightful. Some sections are useful to … Continuer la lecture de « The class notes from Peter Thiel’s Stanford class are a must read for all entrepreneurs »

I just came across his engrossing story in a recent copy of Wired. In many ways entrepreneurs, myself … Continuer la lecture de « The John McAfee story is fascinating! »

No not the kind you are thinking about. I am talking about the much more expensive and dangerous … Continuer la lecture de « I have a confession to make: I am addicted to white powder! »

As you know, I love operating and investing in marketplaces. It’s been interesting over the years to observe … Continuer la lecture de « Thoughts on building successful vertical marketplaces »

What is surprising about this business to me is how high the take rate is. Most marketplace business … Continuer la lecture de « Could it be that stock photography is the best business ever? »

The Man in the Arena « It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out … Continuer la lecture de « Be a doer! »