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He Couldn’t Jump. He Could Lead.

The NBA is a league of 7-foot stars and 10-foot egos. This year the championship was won by a team with neither. The New York Knicks won the title for the first time in 53 years, and there is a lesson in the victory for every business person in the

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The Color of Law

It’s been 150 years since the end of the Civil War and 50 years since the signing of the Civil Rights Act. However we still

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The “What if” Question

I have spent my entire business life identifying price anomalies and taking advantage of them to make money. “Buy low, sell high” is my secular

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Tools of Justice

It’s the American Horatio Alger story. Invent the next Xerox machine and get rich. Or get screwed. Dan Brown was a smart Irish kid from

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47 Years

Today is my 47th wedding anniversary. “So what?” you may say. But if you have some curiosity about the marriage of a blogging trader in

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