Last Spring, Mark Gimein, who is usually more known for his investigative journalism, wrote an interesting article using … Continuer la lecture de « The Eligible-Bachelor Paradox »

I had the pleasure of being invited to a New Media dinner at Strauss Zelnick’s apartment in New … Continuer la lecture de « The Future of Media »

The story of the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs should be a cautionary tale to present-day policymakers. The tariffs did not … Continuer la lecture de « Global industrial bail-outs: the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs of 2009? »

By Natasa Lekic The art of balancing on a wire, walking the tenuous line that strains itself over … Continuer la lecture de « Man on Wire is the best documentary of 2008 »

I hate the fact that we are mortals. I also abhor the fact that we age and gradually … Continuer la lecture de « The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is moving, but ultimately disappointing »

As I had expected, 2008 was a year of consolidation. OLX continued to grow slowly but surely – … Continuer la lecture de « Looking back at 2008, looking forward to 2009 »

I was lured to Margarita and specifically the kite spot El Yaque by the kite boarding travel specialist … Continuer la lecture de « Margarita (Venezuela) was disappointing »

I truly loved Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book on exceptional people. He argues that the largest reason those people … Continuer la lecture de « Outliers is fantastic! »

An article on the Freakonomics blog repudiates the notion that happiness is contagious. While an increase in your … Continuer la lecture de « Happiness is not contagious after all 🙂 »

Andy Kessler‘s book is a fascinating and witty retelling of the story of technology of capital markets. It … Continuer la lecture de « How We Got Here is a must read for everyone with an interest in technology »

A new study suggests that your happiness is heavily influenced by the happiness of the people around you. … Continuer la lecture de « Happiness is contagious! »

As a gamer and fan of marketplaces, I have followed with amazement the rise and fall of IGE. … Continuer la lecture de « The incredible rise and fall of IGE »

As both a movie buff and an avid gamer, I have both an Xbox 360 and a Netflix … Continuer la lecture de « Netflix and the Xbox 360: a match made in Heaven! »

Even though I have been to China many times in the past 14 years, my last trip to … Continuer la lecture de « Beijing and China: 14 years later »

Over the past few years, my angel investing strategy has been to be very selectively aggressive. I would … Continuer la lecture de « Change in angel investment strategy »