Sublime

The best investments are in companies that are fundamentally good, but that nobody thinks are good. This directly applied at Facebook, which is what allowed us to have the opportunity to invest, making the angel investment on Peter Thiel’s behalf, at the $5 million valuation.

I also knew the publisher wasn't going to do the buyout if they didn't have a really strong non-compete. But remember, I had done a graphics and statistics program, not a spreadsheet, and I proposed that they carve out an exception in the buyout to do this integrated graphing calculator program, betting that they would be sufficiently motivated to

If anyone knows about having a lot on the line, it’s Jordan Walters of the Silicon Valley branch of the investment house Smith Barney. Jordan is exactly the kind of person you’d look for in a financial planner: he’s calm, he’s thoughtful, and he always takes the time to listen. As we sat down in his office and sipped from the minibar-sized can of a

For the unprepared, meeting John Neff can be a "disaster." Those who meet Neff's standards appreciate thatJohn answers his own phone ("Neff!"), and he always gives as good as he gets, or better, in both information and insight. Neff's rigorous discipline in "doing his homework" has one important consequence: His portfo

More than I want big returns, I want to be financially unbreakable. And if I’m unbreakable I actually think I’ll get the biggest returns, because I’ll be able to stick around long enough for compounding to work wonders.