Category Archives: The People
The miracle fabric of entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurialism, to me, is the miracle of creating value out of nothing, a business from a blank sheet of paper, a product from a daydream, careers out of thin air. It’s creativity, combined with courage and a vision. It has … Continue reading
Astronomical capitalism
As a ten year old, I dreamed of going into space, to the moon. Maybe other places outside the immediate neighborhood. The science fiction books I read encouraged me that such adventures were possible within my lifetime. And until 1981, … Continue reading
Through the hoops
Around the table sat twelve very educated, very intelligent scientists and leaders of scientists, at the sprawling corporate offices of one of the largest pharmaceutical firms in the world. The subject was the presentation of research by a tiny biotech … Continue reading
The illusion of money
In recent years, there has been a challenge to the classical economist’s interpretation of market behavior. From the earliest times of the field of economics, there has been proposed the existence of homo economicus, that is, the “economic man”, a … Continue reading