Sentences with phrase «make good capitalists»

They made good capitalists because they were outsiders.

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And the winners are The critical requirement, sums up Bachenheimer, is «venture capitalists need to be convinced not only that it's a good idea, but that you can make it happen.

All of those companies make up a capitalist ecosystem that is so much more meaningful than the feel - good world self - described entrepreneurs try to evangelize.

Quick Ratio creator Hamid Mamoon, a venture capitalist at Social + Capital, gave some widely - circulated advice that a ratio of 4 (4 dollars made per 1 dollar lost) is a good goal for startups in their growth stage.

The Market Capitalist -[March / 2010]- Subscribe to RSS feed Being a successful investor isn't about magic; it's about having the knowledge to make good decisions and having the discipline to execute those decisions.

Credits: This infographic would not be possible without the great biographies done by Roger Lowenstein (Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist) and Alice Schroeder (The Snowball), as well as numerous other sources cataloging Buffett's life online.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

(And as the economist Robert Frank argues, taxing consumption to bring down rivalrous buying of Ferraris and other symbols of superiority would make us better off even without moderating our desires, though I doubt that rivalrous consumption is a very long - lasting or very important feature of high capitalist economies; notice, for example, that it's always those other, silly people, not we, who are buying to keep up with the Joneses.)

Religion makes good citizens and will enable their sons and daughters to be contributing members of capitalist society.

Laughing «In theory the idea is that society will greatly benefit from individualistic tendencies because a person who is only out to make himself better still has to work in the model of capitalism, which means that if that person is a successful capitalist, then society in turn benefits as a consequence of his work.

In theory the idea is that society will greatly benefit from individualistic tendencies because a person who is only out to make himself better still has to work in the model of capitalism, which means that if that person is a successful capitalist, then society in turn benefits as a consequence of his work.

An individual with even a modicum of detachment from the contemporary American scene may wonder how Christians can be so sure that God is either for or against all these specific political and social positions, or how Christians make it plausible to themselves that Jesus was either a capitalist («The Man Nobody Knows») or a socialist («The Man Only Good Guerrillas Know»).

The best friends that capitalism has in this country today are the antitrust laws, the graduated income tax, the inheritance taxes, the social security program, and all the other legislation that has tempered the capitalist system, spread the wealth, provided for adequate public services, and created the great middle class that makes the American economy strong.

We live in a capitalist world (no I am not knocking capitalism or suggesting there is a better alternative) in which the economy depends on making us feel dissatisfied with everything in our lives so that we'll buy stuff to try and fix it.

True, George Osborne didn't sound desperately sympathetic to the plight of credit crunch victims when he said on Newsnight last week: «Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.»

Now as a venture capitalist, John Durant makes it his primary mission to find and fund the best health - focused companies through his company, Wild Ventures.

Just as she points out that dwindling compensation for authors will drive authors — and good content — out of the business, Franklin says that publishers are in a kind of mirrored, precarious bind: «We do not forget, he writes, «that, like all businesses in a capitalist world, we must make a profit.

(This list is from Groww bookshelf on Goodreads) Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein tagged: biographies Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb tagged: stock - markets and business Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher tagged: get - started, recommended, and stock - markets Thinking, Fast and Slow... Continue reading 39 Best Books On Investing

He is hands down the best business writer going; «Origins of the Crash» «When Genius Failed» and «Buffet: Making of an American Capitalist».

Canadian Capitalist, it would really be best if you actually see how these programs work BEFORE making statements about them.

9:15 - 10:15 am Panel 1: Investors Inspired by Berkshire Hathaway Roger Lowenstein (moderator), financial journalist and author of the best - selling Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist and, among other works, the newly - published America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. Seth A. Klarman, president and CEO of The Baupost Group, L.L.C.

Using found objects and tools made readily available by the Internet, as well as drawing from a unique sensibility influenced by participation in online communities and virtual games, Bicknell - Knight's work explores the divergent methods by which consumer capitalist culture permeates both online and offline society.

This term somehow attacked both sides: It made Socialist Realism look ridiculous, and did the same to the possibility of Capitalist Realism as well.»

Fred Wilson, the famous New York venture capitalist (and friend of gapingvoid), once said that the best way to make money in tech is to solve problems.

And as the English have done and as the Chinese and the Indians and etc will still do, they will use coal, lots of coal plus gas and oil for power generation until some capitalist somewhere with a very good idea on how to reduce costs and still make a fortune comes along and devises / discovers or restructures an old technology or a new power generation technology that is more efficient, lower cost, more profitable, just as reliable as fossil fueled, those coal, oil and gas generators

However this view is based on a lack of knowledge of what Marx actually wrote about the nature of the modern state which was: «The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie» Some leftists may well scream in exactly the same way as the new rightists, that carbon taxes are part of a plot by the wicked capitalists to make the poor freeze in winter.

the furniture that gets shipped to Europe still seems to feed the capitalist system which seems to have society stuck in a place that, it is generally agreed upon, is not really great for our well - being and survival (not the least of which because it contributes to the kind of climate change that might make us go extinct).

When someone suggests that Al Gore is making money off his efforts to change policy, the discussion should begin with» are you complaining that he is a better capitalist than you?»

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.

If not for the capitalists who shut down the free and unlimited electricity Tesla was about to make the machine for, we could have lived in a much better and more futuristic and free world.