Let me tell you a true story … Some years ago, a very dear friend of mine who was retired and living on Social Security came to see me. He had with him a mailorder “drop ship dealer” program he wanted to get involved with and wanted to use some of my mailing list. The offer …
Do you want to get rich? I mean … Do you really want to get rich? Here are 11 important facts that I learned in my many years in business that allowed me to make over $500 million. That’s … Five. Hundred. Million. Dollars. Or … $500,000,000. (A five followed by eight zeroes.) I learned …
Lately, I have been asked in various ways, How do I go about picking winners in the Small Cap Companies, Initial Public Offerings, Start-ups, and Private Held Companies for Investment? Well, since my personal win/lose ratio is about 80/20 (more winners than losers), you might expect me to go into some detail about … … reading …
Believe it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits! From my test score, it appears I am probably better adapted to washing dishes than running a business. Then again, according to the governing laws of aerodynamics, bumble bees can’t fly either. Let me tell you the true story about those tests. You’ve …
Over the past 50 years, I have been thrilled and delighted to see hundreds of people succeed in business. But I have watched, sadly, as literally thousands of people have achieved little or no success. There are a multitude of common characteristics among those who succeed, but there seems to be only one glaring common …
A Business Lyceum Attendee once asked me this business question. I’d like to call upon your expertise and years of experience … I have come across a manufacturer in China that manufactures a product that would appeal to the market here in the U.S. Therefore, I contacted the mfr. and expressed my interest to be …
Everybody asks the same question all the time. How can I get rich? I get tickled by people who want to start at the top of the ladder. For some unknown reason, they honestly believe they are better than I am, since I had to start on the bottom rung and climb up one rung …
[This the transcript of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. (Source: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html)] I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is …
