Economics can be simple supply and demand.
Then there are incentives, substitutes, price and competition.
In a world of abundance, scarcity is rare, luxury goods have come to the middle class.
Economics is about Risk/Reward in marketplace.
The markets are the only true scale of our economy, where we put our money is where the truth lies.
People are not [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Economics are Simple
Posted in economics on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rankings: Important to MBA’s?
Posted in investments, leadership on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thunderbird Executive MBA – I am in class XVIII.
We are:
#1 in International Business, Business Week – 7 years in a row
#2 in Leadership and Management skills, WSJ
#3 in Executive MBA, WSJ
What does this really mean? Nada. Nothing. Nil. We make our own meaning to it. Although, the only significant meaning I draw [...]
A connected world!
Posted in Technology Review on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reinventing. The World. Connected.
By 2015, five billion people will be connected to an ever-simplifying network of mobile, fixed and broadband communications. As of today, 4.3 billion connected.
For an accurate account: Unite
Loblolly House
Posted in family, innovation, lifestyle on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Market is the Invisible Hand
Posted in economics on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Adam Smith nailed it 200 years ago, both communist and capitalist alike have studied Smith and his invisible hand.
Here are some examples in action:
When investors have negative equity renting out their real estate assets. We saw this 3-4 years ago in many markets. Specifically, if you own a condo with a mortgage [...]
Go Greengo
Posted in green, sustainability on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green is the new color. We are not talking about money. Yet, there is a fair bit of money in it.
With the average American using…
500 gallons of Gas per year
100 gallons of Water per day
1,460 pounds of trash per year
Uses 7 trees per year
650 pounds of paper
Spends $1,500 for electricity per year
11,400 Watts [...]
Thoughts from a closet Economist: A quick rebound for the Financial Crisis
Posted in economics on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts from a closet Economist: A quick rebound for the Financial Crisis:
With communication being instant, everything in the market has already been considered. This is positive as our rebound could be much quicker than we would ever think.
Relieve homeowners of interest on their mortgages bringing their payments down by 20-50%, create a stepped plan [...]
Vidu.me
Posted in ideas, innovation on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vidu.me – Video Resumes for the Hunters.
Vidu.me is the first Video Resume site with a built in video email tool to target employers and stand out from the crowd. Take control of your career with two killer apps – video and email. It is that simple.
Visit http://www.vidu.me to learn more.
Trends, Ideas and Innovation
Posted in ideas, innovation on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The creativity complex: how entrepreneurship pursues trends, ideas and innovation. Every entrepreneur seeks to find the start of a trend, execute on their ideas and live in innovation.
Goals: Cracking the code. Having a breakthrough. Unleashing the killer app.
My success depends on my ability to digest information, make sense of it and act [...]
Ghandi’s 7 Deadly Social Sins…
Posted in marketing on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ghandi created these Seven Deadly Social Sins
In an age of uncertainty, these social sins can prioritize a lot of what we are uncertain about. Ghandi obviously, had 2008 in mind when he wrote these 7. In reality, we know these are always challenges, just each of these has such prolific examples with the [...]
