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Italian Financial Crisis: A.D. 33

Jun 21, 2011

I recently found an interesting passage in Will Durant’s classic Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and Christianity from the beginnings to A.D. 325, which is Part III of his and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization. The famous “panic”...

iSuppli’s strategic sale to IHS for $95 million

Nov 23, 2010

Congratulations to iSuppli not only on its strategic sale to IHS for $95M last week http://bit.ly/blcJdL, but for creating a company of value and excellence despite the dot com bust, the 2001 economic crash, and the 2008 Great Recession. The first year (1999), when we...

Exit strategy back in style

Oct 15, 2010

Now the venture capitalists want us to rather carefully define our exit strategy, particularly strategic acquisitions: who will acquire our newly emerging companies, and how are we planning our growth to be appealing to these targets? This coming week Tuesday &...

Warning: CEOs comfortable in survival mode

Oct 10, 2010

Some CEOs fail because they like to live in survival mode. You should learn to identify these CEOs before you work with them, invest in them, or take any risk with them. They are often charismatic, with a successful history of sales and business development behind...