Wednesday, September 21, 2016
A few years back, I sold a start-up I’d founded to Hearst, the media company that owns everything from Cosmopolitan Magazine to ESPN. To pay my respects, I decided to visit the legendary Hearst Castle.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Yesterday morning, as I strolled through midtown Manhattan on my way to work, I passed a stream of mysterious-looking women. They were dressed in turbans and flowing robes, and I soon realized what I was looking at: Fortune -T ellers .
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Back in 2001, oil was trading at about $30 per barrel. At the time, just a single oil company (Exxon) was on the list of the world’s Top 5 Most Valuable Companies.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Once upon a time, start-up investors had to be extremely patient: After getting in on a “ground floor” investment, they’d need to wait for years and years as the start-up morphed into a real business—the kind of business that could get acquired or go public.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Have you ever heard of Naval Ravikant? Most folks haven’t—not yet, anyway.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Last week in Rio, Michael Phelps went out on a high note: After leading the U.S. swim team to victory in the 400-meter relay—and receiving a record-high 23 rd Olympic gold medal—Phelps hung up his goggles and retired.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Corporate America is in the midst of a feeding frenzy: In the last few weeks, big corporations have doled out $4.3 billion to acquire early-stage start-ups.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Back in 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for about $50 billion. Yahoo rejected the offer as being “too low.” Last week, a new deal for Yahoo came in—this time from Verizon.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Last week, Unilever acquired a start-up for $1 billion. The start-up’s early investors made an estimated 166 times their money.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Has anyone ever “borrowed” one of your ideas and used it as their own? If I’m not mistaken, it just happened to me—and I’m thrilled.