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Laughter
I subscribe to the Bothwell Group Management Thought of the Week e-mail. I can’t find last week’s thought on their website or I’d post a link. So here it is in full… My grandfather always said that if I laughed before I cried and sang before I spoke I was a happy guy. Laughter was…
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Maintenance
We (and all the others on this server) have recently been hammered by bots (and spiders) indexing and otherwise slurping this website. After a group of them from NameProtect grabbed 15 megabytes of bandwidth I decided to do something. After many false starts and misadventures I believe I’ve set things up so bad bots will…
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Free Favours
On occassion I’ve bought lunch for an entrepreneur or investor for in return for the opportunity to pick their brain. It is a fascinating and rewarding passtime. So when I read Philis Rockower’s latest Real Estate Investors Club of Los Angeles newsletter, I got a short sharp shock. Many newbies always expect they can take…
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Anthony Robbins info hunters
Hello Australians looking information on Anthony Robbins. Leave a comment telling me what you’re looking for. Regular’s might get a kick out of this google.com.au search. I’m the top ranked site in Austalia for “Anthony Robbins”. How strange is that? Disclosure: I have no affiliation whatsoever with Tony Robbins, Robbins Research, or Vision Pursuit. The…
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Young Entrepreneur Journey
This evening I came across Michael Simmons – Young Entrepreneur Journey. I’ll be watching his blog closely. Michael is 21 and has achieved so much. A student at Stern School of Business at NYU and award winning young entrepreneur, he has written The Student Success Manifesto. Its subtitle is How to create a life of…
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Intelligence and Wealth
Oh no! Richard Lynn has an article on Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations, take a look at Table 4: IQs for 185 countries: National IQs Based on the Results of Intelligence Tests and Estimated National IQs (marked by *) Based on the IQs of Neighbouring or Other Comparable Countries. Now Richard’s research…
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Open Books Management
I run my company with an open books policy. Staff on the payroll have a right to see the Profit and Loss statement as well as the Balance Sheet. I believe if I’m asking these guys to go on the journey with me, they have a right to know what risks we’re taking. I’ve even…
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28 Days Later
Last Friday, Nella and I saw 28 Days Later directed by Danny Boyle. This is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. I see it marketed as a horror movie but that is just plain wrong. Actually horror is correct if you use the pre-splatter film definition of the term. 28 Days Later…
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Film & TV category
Some of you know I’ve raised risk equity for feature films and independant production companies. Films and television are a passion of mine. I’ve created the Film & TV category to write about Films and TV. The category probably won’t be too investment focused. I suspect I’ll comment on interesting trends or movies/TV I see.…
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Mr. Ray: The real ‘Nemo’sis
This CNNmoney article titled Mr. Ray: The real ‘Nemo’sis reports on a $10 Million USD suit by childrens entertainer mr. Ray against Disney and Pixar. mr. Ray (the musician) has a trade mark for his stage name and is worried merchandising for the Mr. Ray character in Pixar’s movie Finding Nemo will bury him. The…