The 1999 made-for-television movie about how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple, and their impact on the development of the personal computer. Along the way they establish close relations to Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen of Microsoft. The film follow both personal and professional events, spanning from the early 1970s to 1997.
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The Real Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady
14 Jan
Like the U.S President Ronald Reagan, her conservative counterpart, Margaret Thatcher came to power at a time when real leadership and new ideas were desperately needed.
Google’s $29 Billion 2010 Revenue In Perspective [Infographic]
30 Nov
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Infographic by Businessmba.org.
Steve Jobs At NeXT [Clip]
25 Nov
Young Steve Jobs discussing business strategy with early employees at the company he co-founded in 1985, NeXT. Good stuff.
[via Paul Kedrosky]
Infographic: The Ten Commandments Of Steve Jobs
4 Sep
The 10 Commandments:
- Go for perfect
- Tap the experts
- Be ruthless
- Shun focus groups
- Never stop studying
- Simplify
- Keep your secrets
- Keep teams small
- Use more carrot than stick
- Prototype to the extreme
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Source: Newsweek.
Ratigan On Bought Congress
10 Aug
A Passionate Ratigan Calls Out The Corrupted U.S. Political – Business Ties.
The Importance Of Principles
20 JulClick to transfer
The New Yorker Interview >> Here.
More Of Cassidy’s Business Persona Writing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Finance: Why Crashes Are So Common, What Value Wall St. Bring & The Volcker Rule.
Ray Dalio’s «Principles» In All Their 123 Page Glory >> Here [PDF].
Promoting Freedom Of Choice
16 Jul
The Soda King Mission:
John Nese is the proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lovers destination. About 500 pops line the shelves, sourced lovingly by John from around the world. John has made it his mission to keep small soda-makers afloat and help them find their consumers. Galcos also acts as a distributor for restaurants and bars along the West Coast, spreading the gospel of soda made with cane sugar (no high-fructose corn syrup if John can avoid it).
Source: YouTube.
Brilliant Talents Are Overrated
25 Jun
Wall Street Taken Above Steam Stack Road Works // Wikipedia
Bill Taylor Suggests That There Is More To Long-Term Performance Than The Excellence Of Individual Players. Look To Sports – Or Wall Street:
«After examining the careers of more than 1,000 star analysts at Wall Street investment banks, and conducting more than two hundred frank interviews, Groysberg comes to a striking conclusion: star analysts who change firms suffer an immediate and lasting decline in performance. Their earlier excellence appears to have depended heavily on their former firms’ general and proprietary resources, organizational cultures, networks, and colleagues. There are a few exceptions, such as stars that move with their teams and stars that switch to better firms. Female stars also perform better after changing jobs than their male counterparts do. But most stars who switch firms turn out to be meteors, quickly losing luster in their new settings.»
Source: Groysberg, Boris (2010). Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance. Princeton University Press [via Bill Taylor, Great People Are Overrated]
WSJ Markets
- Gold's Fall Stings Universities' EndowmentGold's slump has saddled the second-largest U.S. college endowment with more than $300 million in paper losses.
- Apple CEO, Lawmakers Square Off Over TaxesApple's tax strategies came under harsh scrutiny Tuesday in the Senate, where lawmakers are finding it far easier to call for a simpler tax code than to produce one.
- Tech Oldie H-P Might Still Be a GoodyBeleaguered Hewlett-Packard is a notable beneficiary of this year's reversal, with its shares having beaten once-highflying Apple's by 66 percentage points so far.
- Labor Woes Jolt South African AssetsSouth Africa's currency stumbled to a four-year low and the country's bonds sold off, signs that escalating labor unrest is starting to outweigh the lure of high yields for many investors.
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