Mohamed A. El-Erian, President & CEO of Harvard endowment, on the global economy
I went to a very worthwhile talk last night at the Harvard Club by Mohamed A. El-Erian, President and CEO, Harvard Management Company, which manages the $29 billion Harvard endowment (as of 6/30/06)....
View ArticleIan Bremmer- Hedging Political Instability for Insight and Profit
My colleague Scott Lichtman took notes on Ian Bremmer’s talk Monday night at this past week’s World Hedge Funds Summit . Dr. Bremmer’s prediction that Rumsfeld would resign proved accurate within 48...
View ArticleT. Boone Pickens Keynote at ACG Intergrowth
I took some notes on T. Boone Pickens’ keynote talk at ACG Intergrowth: Wind is going to be a major source of energy for USA. Oil production is flat. We now produce 85m barrels/day. That’s going to...
View ArticleHedge fund investment patterns/quarterly reports/investment ideas/careers
Yaser Anwar, an unusually aggressive and career-savvy senior at York University, has a mailing list with interesting information about the current status of the markets, with a focus on hedge fund...
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Free comics from the Federal Reserve: economics, banking, foreign trade, etc.
My wife and I just ordered some comic books from the Federal Reserve on topics that we think our children should learn about: - banking - monetary policy - currency - barter - checks and electronic...
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What is valuable when so much is free?
(Bill McIntyre via Flickr) Chris Anderson’s new book "Free" has restarted the controversy over pricing of goods, particularly digital goods. This led me to re-read Kevin Kelly’s piece on "Better Than...
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Economy Will Grow at 'Muted Rates'–Steve Schwarzman
Image via Wikipedia Courtesy of Craig Franklin, a Cornell MBA, following is a summary of an interview with Steve Schwarzman, CEO of private equity firm The Blackstone Group. LPs looking for more money...
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You Are Leaving Money On The Table: The Secrets Of Pricing
Oscar Wilde said that a cynic is a “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” A startup CEO should know both. One of the most powerful levers a CEO has to impact profitability...
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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship
I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? Just like me, they’re distressed about the...
View ArticleShould you co-found a company with your friend? And how do you split the equity?
If you’re talking with cofounders about launching a new business, you’re fundamentally recruiting someone to take the job of partnering with you for the next decade. I see a lot of founders who do...
View ArticleDilbert deserves the economics Nobel
Quietly hidden in [Scott] Adams’ groundbreaking work is a financial formula so simple it rivals Einstein’s E=mc2. In its original form Adams’ formula was apparently so heretical and so explosive that...
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