A good friend of mine met up with Derek Sivers in Singapore earlier this year and instantly turned around and said to me, “Chris you need to meet Derek, he’s completely on your wavelength and you’ll get on well.” In 1998 Derek founded CDBaby.com with $500 and sold the business in 2008 for $22 Million, [...]
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Next Bubble to Burst – Student Loans
Scott is entering his senior year at a university in Boston, majoring in Business Administration and Finance. He is looking to enter the hedge fund industry after graduating. Mark and I first met, and were impressed by Scott due to a proactive, value driven approach he has adopted to secure employment after graduating college. I [...]
August 25, 2011 By 24 Comments
A Golden Opportunity
With the action in the metals markets the last couple of days I felt compelled to comment. It should be apparent by now that Chris and I are both fans of the precious metals. I wouldn’t go so far as to call either of us “Gold Bugs,” but more fittingly, realists. The appreciation in gold [...]
August 22, 2011 By 5 Comments
Random Lessons Learnt So Far…
Life is nothing but a great adventure. I’d like to share a cadre of things I’ve learned along the way. I hope I learn a lot more… Give good people a chance but don’t be cavalier about who you provide your value to. There’s no sacred ground here. If people suck your energy and create [...]
August 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Art of the Private Deal – Redux
A couple of months ago I wrote about a deal that Chris and I were participating in. That post served as a brief summary of some of the thought processes we go through when assessing a deal. After that post we ran an interview with a serial entrepreneur and deal guy, a friend of a [...]
August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Betting on Cornered Cats
Early stage companies are always going to have upsets. Financing falls over at the 11th hour, a software glitch puts their entire launch in jeopardy, biological waste is dumped on their doorstep, resignation of a director, fraud and theft from within the company (yep, been there), a new government regulation alters the course of their business plan [...]
