One day, Larry decided it would be great to start a company with Bob, and this was the perfect opportunity. Bob had a great job at Ampex and was hesitant to leave for a new venture. That’s why it took a while for Larry to convince Bob to start a software company together. Three nights a week, Larry
Here’s my interpretation of his ideas. Self-actualization is a term from Abraham Maslow. It refers to the fulfillment of one’s potential. As Koch notes, this is in conflict with entropy. In the same way, good is in conflict with evil. Entropy is the state of disorder. Koch defines it as “uselessness
In 1980, Mary Gates was a board member of United Way of King County. She influenced IBM CEO John Opel to consider her son’s company, Microsoft, for IBM’s “Project Chess”. Project Chess was an initiative to develop software for IBM's new personal computer. A company named Digital Research lost the co
There he was. That feeling of a sudden epiphany sent tingles up his spine. Henry Ford had a problem. Combustion engines fueled by gasoline couldn’t ...
Part 18: The Rothschilds. Enemies of the Nazis. Defenders of Israel. Fodder for Conspiracy Theories. Zionists.
Two groups are typically blamed for economic inequality: Wealthy Jews. Methods of Prosperity Newsletter no.17: Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild and the Nazis.
Part 16: Kissing Cousins (Rothschilds’ genealogy, cont.) Key lessons: • Keeping it in the family is like making love to your uncle. • That’s exactly what it’s like, but no one said creating generational wealth is easy.
“It takes a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune; and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much ...”
The following is Methods of Prosperity newsletter number 14. It was originally deployed September 21, 2023. As of May 30, 2024, original subscribers have received up to issue number 50 (Sam Walton, continued).
The following is Methods of Prosperity newsletter number 13, Part 13:Â Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812). It was originally deployed Sep. 14, 2023. As of May 23, 2024, original subscribers have received up to issue no. 49.