I don’t know if VICE Media Inc. is really worth the billions founder Shane Smith says it is, but I do know that he’s a great salesman. Smith believes the youth media company he founded in Montreal in 1994 will haul US $1 billion in revenue this year with 50% profit margins, telling Bloomberg VICE could… Continue Reading
Readers with interest in learning about famous business personalities ought to check out Ann O’Neill’s profile of CNN’s founder, Ted Turner wants to go to heaven, which is running on CNN.com today. A film about Mr. Turner will also air on the network he founded in 1980 tonight at 7pm eastern, but the article is as… Continue Reading
Yesterday I had another opportunity to hear Frank Giustra speak — this time at BCBusiness Magazine’s Top 100 event at Hotel Vancouver. In front of a crowd of 1,200, he was interviewed on stage by BCBusiness chairman Peter Legge. Frank Giustra became a millionaire in his early 20s financing small mining and energy companies. As Chairman… Continue Reading
Stockhouse.com, Canada’s #1 financial web site, has launched a redesign this weekend, the site’s first refresh in several years. The new look features more emphasis on editorial content. The bullboards pages, which are the most popular chat forums for Canadian stocks, also feature a new look. This appears to be a sensible and balanced redesign.… Continue Reading
“Pros and amateurs who showed high levels of confidence in their predictions… were far more likely to show big increases in Twitter followers.” – Marketwatch “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell Why it’s more… Continue Reading
In the highly personal interview, Malone, the billionaire cable magnate and Chairman of Liberty Global, talked about his personal wealth and about being the largest landowner in America, with more than two million acres. Malone said his main goal in buying land is preservation and he hopes to buy more. He said his properties, which… Continue Reading
Petronella Wyatt reminds young pros to avoid the big trips, clothes and dinners. The Broke Generation | Daily Mail
