You'll always have your old skills that you can use if you need to go back to your old job. And then you can try again. I'm a big fan of LinkedIn.com. I attended some networking events in Boston from people I connected with online. In doing so, I got good business advice and some leads. Do what you love and do it well. The money will follow.
- Sean Fitzpatrick
Great advice.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Being Bradley Birkenfeld
What a story! He would do anything for the wealthy to avoid Internal Revenue Service. He even converted a U.S. client's money into diamonds, then smuggled the gems across the Atlantic in a toothpaste tube. Not so hard to believe because diamonds are portable. Meanwhile, everybody else gets set free and he goes to prison. A different ending to the story.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Bill Cunningham Viewpoint
On the Street / A Story With Legs. Interesting sight, really. The story has legs. Thanks Bill.
The World After 4C Rise
The new interactive map of the world that details the likely effects of 4C world was a stark wake-up call. Bad news for almost everyone, really.
Useful link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Useful link:
www.metoffice.gov.uk/climatechange
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Random Thoughts
If you take the couple of centuries we've had, the 19th and the 20th, we've had about 15 bad years in both centuries, and we'll have fifteen bad years in centuries to come. Capitalism overshoots, and market people do get irrationally exuberant sometimes, but that's the nature of it. You want a dynamic system, and you want a market system that's free to make mistakes to some degree.
- Warren Buffett
www.berkshirehathaway.com
Spot on.
- Warren Buffett
www.berkshirehathaway.com
Spot on.
Global Business BBC
Peter Day's interview with Paul Romer (Senior fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research) was insightful. The issue is how to build new cities to accommodate a growing world population in better conditions than we have managed up to now. Easier said than done.
Useful link:
http://stanford.edu/~promer
Useful link:
http://stanford.edu/~promer
Natural Omphacite
Deep green to black jade has been gaining popularity these past few years in the gem market in Hong Kong and China, and now it is appearing in the Japanese market as well. This material is often called black jade or inky jadeite jade but mineralogically this is not jadeite but omphacite. The labs report on omphacite was educational.
Useful link:
www.gaaj-zenhokyo.co.jp
Useful link:
www.gaaj-zenhokyo.co.jp
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