Category Archives: Strategy and the Big Picture
Long-term investing: the next 10 minutes…
It used to be that “institutional” investors were the paragons of long-term investing. The entities included in that title ranged from pension funds (defined benefit), to custodians and money managers of 401(k) plans (defined contribution), to insurance companies and others. … Continue reading
The 83 secret steps to success
Before you complain about false advertising, let me assure you that there are not eighty-three steps to entrepreneurial success. But if I was a relatively famous individual, and I published a book with this title, you might be tempted to … Continue reading
Sustainability as an investment craze?
In his book, “Natural Capitalism”, Paul Hawken (co-founder of Smith and Hawken, the wildly successful catalog specialty retailer of gardeners’ dreams), laid out a very compelling case for what has come to be known as the “triple bottom line”. The … Continue reading
Conditional success
“If we can get two other customers to add 10 million units annually, that will raise our profitability to a level that would make us an attractive acquisition target,” Jeremy explained, as the rest of us listened intently. Jeremy is … Continue reading