Image courtesy of beta2boss.com “Advertising, once a gamble, has become, under able direction, one of the safest business ventures. Certainly, no other enterprise with comparable possibilities need involve so little risk.” [1] The above quote is from Claude Hopkins who, in 1923, wrote the seminal advertising treatise, “Scientific Advertising”. He famously made toothpaste mainstream in America Read more
Introduction
The Pulitzer-award winning reporter Charles Duhigg presents to us an interesting read about a subject that often defines our daily routine- habit. In his 2012 New York bestseller, The Power of Habit, we see a ubiquitous read that has been recommended by readers across the divide. Duhigg presents to us truths and techniques on how habits form and even goes out of his way to give us insight on how to ch Read more
Warren Buffett is usually considered the greatest investor of all time but one thing that is often overlooked is how much his longevity has helped. Yes, he is worth $110 billion. Yes, he’s compounded money at a 22% annualized rate. But he also started investing in stocks at age 10 and is now 91. That is 81 years of compounding. By the way, 95% of his wealth accrued after age 65. If he had started investing at 3 Read more
Although I read voraciously, I’ve never been a big consumer of business books. With a few exceptions, they seem to get to the point in three chapters and then repeat themselves ad nauseam until they fill 200 pages, so most business books in my house only have their spine 1/3 cracked.
But there are five incredible books, business books all (pretty much), which I finished. Not only that, each of them, in their Read more