Archive for the 'Entrepreneurs' Category
Online video: What’s tuning up for 2008?
So far that year, online video is making a big mark. Just look at the Iowa caucuses, where voters posted their efforts on YouTube and thereupon spread them across social networks like MySpace and Facebook. So what else might we see in 2008 for online video?
Well, I had a chance to interview C…
Money Losers of 2007: Radiohead — Hail to the thieves?
To an inordinate degree of fuss, British rock group Radiohead self-released its seventh album, In Rainbows, on its website back in October, employing a pass-the-hat pay model whereby downloaders could pony up what they wished for the album, from as much as 100 pounds (about $200) to as little as…
Money Losers of 2007: Conrad Black heads to the big house
Conrad Black was CEO of Hollinger worldly, a media company. Black stacked his board with influential neo-conservatives like Henry Kissinger and used its cash to finance his personal life.
He is one of the most arrogant public I’ve never met. I heard a radio interview he did a few weeks ago in…
Money Losers of 2007: Michael Vick, or dog bites man
When the 2006 season began, football player Michael Vick had it all. The #1 pick in the National Football League’s 2001 draft, he had become an all-pro as quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. Vick’s endorsement income from contracts from Nike, EA Sports, Coca-Cola and other top corporations had earn…
Money Winners of 2007: Gulzhan Moldazhanova tops the corporate ladder
Though Gulzhan Moldazhanova is the top female executive in Russia, she is little known external the former Soviet Union. I hadn’t heard of her, and a quick trip to my frequent first stop on the research trail, Wikipedia, surprisingly had nothing on her when I looked.
Digging a little deeper (…
Money Winners of 2007: 50 Cent parlays H2O into serious dough
In 2005, hip-hop star 50 Cent (née Curtis Jackson) arised in a loosely autobiographical film, Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Two years prior, the Eminem protégé had released his debut album of the same name. The album was a critical and commercial success; the same can’t be said for the film. Either…
Time to try on American Apparel? Perhaps, but watch out for the CEO
Several friends have asked me for my opinion of American Apparel (AMEX: APP), a clothier that recently became public through its acquisition by Endeavor Acquisition.
First a little bit of background: American Apparel was founded in 1997 by Dov Charney, and is known for its simple, high-qualit…
Money Winners of 2007: Mukesh Ambani — home sweet home
Mukesh Ambani is the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector enterprise. With its wide-ranging operations, Reliance Industries has been called India’s General Electric (NYSE: GE), and Ambani’s personal stake in Reliance Industri…
Is dyslexia an asset for entrepreneurs?
BusinessWeek takes a look at an interesting trend: dyslexic executives building great companies.
Dyslexia is generally viewed as a disability, but it hasn’t stopped some of the most successful entrepreneurs of all date: Cisco Systems founder John T. Chambers, Richard Branson, Henry Ford, Will…
Money Winners of 2007: Carlos Slim, the world’s richest person
Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helú is believed to be the richest man in the world. As chairman of Teléfonos de Mexico, better known as Telmex (NYSE: TMX) and América Móvil (NYSE: AMX), Slim has substantial influence by the telecommunications industry in Mexico, and much of Latin America as…
