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Larry Hillblom the Strange Billionaire
If you are thinking of buying his biography there’s a review online. Continue reading
Billionaire Movies: A Lesson From The Edge
What one man can do, another can do. – David Mamet’s The Edge
Last evening something reminded me of a line from a 1997 David Mamet movie in which a billionaire is stranded out in the Rocky Mountains after a plane crash along with two other men. The trio then quickly finds itself being stalked by a huge grizzly bear. Anthony Hopkins plays the billionaire, Charles Morse. His companions in the ordeal are played by Alec Baldwin (“Robert”) and Harold Perrineau (“Stephen”). Stephen dies early on leaving Charles and Robert to try to work together in order to survive despite the fact that Charles knows that Robert is having an affair with his wife. Continue reading
Richard Rainwater Profile
Here’s one of the great American dealmakers. Continue reading
If there was an official movie for this site it would have to be classic The Man Who Would Be King.
I’ve been a film buff for as long as I can remember, so I can’t refrain from recommending films of relevance to us. So this week, I want to recommend an old classic as a great inspirational film for all prospective tycoons to watch. Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Finance Requires Mastery of Basic Arithmetic
Many people talk themselves out of pursuing acquisitions oriented growth strategies, such as those described in The Tycoon Playbook, because they fear that one has to be a financial engineering genius with an MBA from the University of Chicago to succeed. It’s simply not true. My interest has always been in what I have come to call “entrepreneurial finance.” If you have mastered basic arithmetic you can do entrepreneurial finance. Continue reading
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