SUMMITIn 1997, on my 16th birthday, my parents sat me down and gave me a choice. They told me they had saved approximately $20,000 for my college education. They had …
Book Review: The Great Beanie Baby Bubble
Forbes estimates that Beanie Baby creator Ty Warner’ net worth is $2.7 Billion. This is an amazing achievement considering a bulk of it was earned during a 3-year time frame …
Book Review: Power Questions
Great questions have the power to build immediate connections and deeper relationships in our personal and business lives. A common thread with people that ask great questions is they spend …
Book Review: The Vagabonds
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs were all good friends. In fact, they were known as the Four Vagabonds. Between 1915 and 1924 the four would go …
Book Review: Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver by Ron Wallace
The management team at UPS, including the CEO and management committee, started as drivers, part time loaders, car washers, and clerks. Ron Wallace writes, “We promote from within to ensure …
Book Review: Confessions of A Stockbroker by Andrew Lanyi
Andrew A. Lanyi (1925-2009) grew up in Hungary, escaped from a Nazi labor camp during WWII, became a Hungarian stage director, and later fled Hungary with his wife when the Russians …
Book Review: Why You Win Or Lose – The Psychology of Speculation by Fred Kelly
Fred C. Kelly (1882-1959) was an “amateur psychologist”, writer, traveler, columnist, and even a special agent for the FBI. Kelly went on to be the official biographer of the Wright …
Book Review: 100-Baggers by Chris Mayer
Studying 100-Baggers is important because most were microcaps when they started their ascent. We’ve actually had ten 100-Baggers that made this incredible journey in just five years. In 1972, Thomas …
Book Review: Sam Walton – Made in America
I recently finished reading Sam Walton’s fabulous autobiography, “Sam Walton: Made in America”. The book should really be mandatory reading in business schools and especially for microcap investors. Sam Walton, …
Book Review: ZERO to ONE by Peter Thiel
Have you ever read an article or book that defined something that you’ve abstractly believed for years? When you read it you let out an affirmative mental “aha!”. I had …