A fascinating article in Fast Company profiles Google Ventures, the company’s venture capital division. Like everything the search giant does they are aiming big with delusions of changing the entire VC industry with data as the vehicle. They start out with some interesting facts: Despite the mythology that has built up around venture capital, it …
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In April 2012, the Canadian government will begin phasing out the Canadian penny. It was left out of the latest budget because it just didn’t make financial sense to keep it going. “The penny is a currency without any currency” The Canadian penny now costs Canada 1.6 cents to produce. The government says it loses …
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Today, Wikipedia and hundreds of other sites are blacked out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA. It is a great effort and getting a ton of publicity, which is exactly what the goal was. The next step is education and progress. A great place to start is with this debate between Leo Laporte …
av·a·rice// ˈavəris Extreme greed for wealth or material gain. Synonyms: greed – cupidity – greediness – avidity – miserliness
From a report on mlb.com: The deal, which was agreed upon on Dec. 8, is divided into three different agreements. The player deal: a full no-trade clause with a base salary of $240 million through the 10 years (more details on this below). The marketing deal: Pujols will be paid $3 million for accumulating 3,000 hits (he’s …
This morning I created 150,000 jobs. I put into motion a plan to support small business and fix healthcare. Don’t believe me? It turns out you shouldn’t believe the politicians either. It’s obvious that Obama is struggling with job creation. His main Republican opponents, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, are playing that against him. Both …
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If you are a fan of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps then you will love these quotes. I can’t help myself watching the movie several times over just to pick up the extra nuance these words provide: —- Jacob Moore: If it weren’t for people who took risks, where would we be in this …
I’m dating a woman a few years older than me. She is beautiful and perfect but in the world of male machismo this is a problem. I’m supposed to be older and wiser, instead I’m the puny non-breadwinner. To fully understand this dilemma we have to explore sexism, in all it’s glory. Traditional relationships involve …