Sublime
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Jeffrey Delkin
@jeffreyladd
Founder insights
Johann Van Tonder • 3 cards
Although you’ve probably never heard of him, when it comes to creating opportunities in unknown territory, Chet Pipkin is something of a master. He began teaching himself how when he was sixteen years old, on what could be called the other side of the tracks from downtown Los Angeles. As the founder and CEO of Belkin, a company that produces a wide
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When formal charges were read in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag, just before midnight on April 5, they seemed indisputable. Investigators estimated the loss at 2 billion kronor, more than Sweden’s national debt.8
Frank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
Dickson Liew
@cmp
With a huge war chest and no public security holders, Rockefeller could fight a no-quarter war for as long as Scott and Potts chose to bleed. Characteristically, he kept the war very focused. As A. J. Cassatt, a later Pennsylvania president, told a House committee, “They simply insisted that they could not make any arrangement with us for the trans
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Thiel Capital
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Sterling Proffer
@sterling
Business
Ariel Kolin • 1 card