Profit Is Not The Purpose of Business
November 5, 2021
Did you hear the news about Zillow? It finally admitted what I’ve been saying for years – its home flip business is a flop. Zillow’s stock
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“What I lack in smarts, I make up for in work…and given how hard I have to work, I must not be that smart!”–Greg hague
Did you hear the news about Zillow? It finally admitted what I’ve been saying for years – its home flip business is a flop. Zillow’s stock
I’ve read hundreds of business books over the years. I remember when Dad gave me my first one, How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
At the age of 12 I had become an incessant chatterbox, often to the irritation of my dad, Chubby. One Sunday afternoon in 1960 I was in
Sara was a pretty good student at Florida State with a dream of becoming an attorney…until she took the dreaded LSAT to determine her aptitude for
In 2007 Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were roommates in San Francisco, and they had a problem…they couldn’t afford their rent. The roommates had met in
Lori Holden had the same fears most children experience growing up (meeting other kids, speaking in front of her class, trying new things). Her dad taught
A few days ago a friend sent me an article titled Americans Haven’t Been This Down on the Housing Market Since 1982. The crux was “how fast
Patrick was the oldest of three boys, born in 1988 in a small village in Ireland. His mother, a microbiologist. His father, an electrical engineer. Patrick took
Jim invited his mother over for dinner. When Mom arrived she was a bit surprised to meet Jim’s breathtakingly beautiful roommate, Krista. Mom had assumed her
They tried to keep it a secret. But the word leaked out. The company would release its first cell phone. Underground photos circulated around the
Yes, you read that right…Spongmonkey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuPTZWhz46M I know, the name alone might make you cringe. Spongmonkeys were the pair of horribly annoying, disfigured, singing rodents that appeared
Have you heard the joke that marketing is like sex? Every company thinks they’re good at it…but few actually are. That joke is usually followed by
When Robinhood launched in 2015 with $3 million in venture capital, established stock brokers laughed it off as just another fintech fad, much the way taxi drivers
During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s nuclear paranoia was at an all time high. I remember those scary “duck and cover” drills we
The Boston Globe named his company “the Apple of its time,” calling it “a juggernaut of innovation.” When Harvard scientist Edwin Land founded the company in Cambridge,
When my three boys were young I fondly remember nights with them studying at the kitchen table after dinner. When they were old enough to deal
When my oldest son, Brian, started high school at Brophy I told him if he got straight A’s I would buy him a car when he
It’s August 19, 1971. Men armed with machine guns stand guard at Santa Martha Acatitla prison in Mexico City. The warden is expecting a visit from
With the 4th of July weekend upon us, I thought it would be fun to share some Independence Day facts you might not know… Button Who? 56
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” -Andrew Carnegie You’ve probably heard of D.R. Horton. Dubbed “America’s Builder,” the company has been the
Did you hear the news about Zillow? It finally admitted what I’ve been saying for years – its home flip business is a flop. Zillow’s stock
I’ve read hundreds of business books over the years. I remember when Dad gave me my first one, How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
At the age of 12 I had become an incessant chatterbox, often to the irritation of my dad, Chubby. One Sunday afternoon in 1960 I was in
Sara was a pretty good student at Florida State with a dream of becoming an attorney…until she took the dreaded LSAT to determine her aptitude for
In 2007 Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were roommates in San Francisco, and they had a problem…they couldn’t afford their rent. The roommates had met in
Lori Holden had the same fears most children experience growing up (meeting other kids, speaking in front of her class, trying new things). Her dad taught
A few days ago a friend sent me an article titled Americans Haven’t Been This Down on the Housing Market Since 1982. The crux was “how fast
Patrick was the oldest of three boys, born in 1988 in a small village in Ireland. His mother, a microbiologist. His father, an electrical engineer. Patrick took
Jim invited his mother over for dinner. When Mom arrived she was a bit surprised to meet Jim’s breathtakingly beautiful roommate, Krista. Mom had assumed her
They tried to keep it a secret. But the word leaked out. The company would release its first cell phone. Underground photos circulated around the
Yes, you read that right…Spongmonkey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuPTZWhz46M I know, the name alone might make you cringe. Spongmonkeys were the pair of horribly annoying, disfigured, singing rodents that appeared
Have you heard the joke that marketing is like sex? Every company thinks they’re good at it…but few actually are. That joke is usually followed by
When Robinhood launched in 2015 with $3 million in venture capital, established stock brokers laughed it off as just another fintech fad, much the way taxi drivers
During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s nuclear paranoia was at an all time high. I remember those scary “duck and cover” drills we
The Boston Globe named his company “the Apple of its time,” calling it “a juggernaut of innovation.” When Harvard scientist Edwin Land founded the company in Cambridge,
When my three boys were young I fondly remember nights with them studying at the kitchen table after dinner. When they were old enough to deal
When my oldest son, Brian, started high school at Brophy I told him if he got straight A’s I would buy him a car when he
It’s August 19, 1971. Men armed with machine guns stand guard at Santa Martha Acatitla prison in Mexico City. The warden is expecting a visit from
With the 4th of July weekend upon us, I thought it would be fun to share some Independence Day facts you might not know… Button Who? 56
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” -Andrew Carnegie You’ve probably heard of D.R. Horton. Dubbed “America’s Builder,” the company has been the