My wife and I just ordered some comic books from the Federal Reserve on topics that we think our children should learn about: – banking – monetary policy – currency – barter – checks and electronic payments – and most important to their future (sadly), inflation These comic books are useful educationally, particularly in the...
[Continue Reading]T. Boone Pickens Keynote at ACG Intergrowth
I took some notes on T. Boone Pickens’ keynote talk at ACG Intergrowth: Wind is going to be a major source of energy for USA. Oil production is flat. We now produce 85m barrels/day. That’s going to decline going forward at 8 pct. Wind is priced off the margin, which is natural gas. I receive...
[Continue Reading]Market Overview of Lower Mid-Market Mergers, from the AMAA Winter Conference
I enjoyed participating in last week’s Winter Conference of the Alliance of M&A Advisors. The slides from my talk on Best Practices by Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds in Deal Origination are here. The slides from my talk on How to Raise Capital using Online Networks are here. I unfortunately was able to...
[Continue Reading]Lead Generation 2.0: How Entrepreneurs are Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation in Internet Marketing
Following are my notes on last night’s MIT Enterprise Forum event: “Lead Generation 2.0: How Entrepreneurs are Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation in Internet Marketing“ Moderator: Brian Hirsch, Managing Director, Greenhill SAVP Brian Hirsch is a Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP and a Co-Chairman of the Fund`s Investment Committee. Prior to joining SAVP...
[Continue Reading]Underleveraged talent pool: the unemployed and underemployed
Lately, I have been thinking about the unemployed and underemployed as a pool of talent. I’d argue they are one of the most undertapped economic segments. Of the global working population, 6.3% is unemployed. In the US, the long-term unemployed are better educated, older, and more likely to be professional workers than the mean unemployed...
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