Steve Jobs did his best work after receiving a death sentence. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. In…
Year: 2011
A few years ago every time I got together with friends the conversation touched on stock prices. Then it was…
In talking to my correspondent who attended last week’s EMO show in Hanover, Germany, the mood in Europe is profoundly…
I’m in the business of finding gold in companies aged machine discards. To label our business as treasure hunting romanticizes…
Seth Godin, one of my favorite bloggers, wrote a piece this month called “Back to (the Wrong) School,” in which…
I’ve been negotiating deals for a living for a long time. It’s my livelihood, but I often feel like a…
6:00 AM – Wake up and pick up the iPad next to my bed to check email from Europe and…
Doug Purtee is a treasure hunter. He rummages though old barns around the Midwest, but his prey of choice is…
How do you change a habit, a behavior, a life pattern? I have been a lifelong food abuser—eating an American…
Sometimes I find something that just hits me and strikes a chord with my heart. A few days ago these…