A timely post from our partner, Marvin Faure, who, amongst many other talents is a very serious amateur cyclist. The study he made amongst his fellow bikers is rather interesting as many parallels can be drawn with the business world. Cycling is in the news this week...
In 2008, Brafman and Beckstrom wrote “The Starfish and the Spider”. The metaphor they use is the one of the spider, incapacitated as soon as its head is hit, compared to the starfish which can be split in several bits and continue to live and grow. They then develop...
Following last week’s post, on the courageous decision of Warren Buffet, to invite a longtime critic of his to his annual shareholders’ meeting because he felt that it would add value to the reunion, here is a great video clip, pushing the idea further… It reminds me...
Do I need to present Warren Buffet, the “sage of Omaha” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett)? Considered the investor with the most impressive track record of the 20th century (and still active today), he is the C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway. This conglomerate...
Recently, my attention got caught by an article inviting to “meet the entrepreneur working to challenge Nokia, Blackberry and Samsung in Africa” in Forbes magazine. I read it since I am interested by what is happening on the business development front in Africa and...
