Multi-billionaire
Warren Buffet was said to have invited one of his first employees to invest in
his company when it was first starting out. The secretary's husband had just
inherited money and was looking to invest. Had the secretary and her husband
cast their lot with Buffet, they would be billionaires with a buffet of life
enjoyments to choose from.
Yahoo
in 2006 offered to buy Facebook for $1billion. At that time, MySpace was the
ultimate social networking site and had 100 million members vis-a-vis
Facebook's then 8 million members. When Yahoo's stock dove, Yahoo scaled down
it's offer to $800 million and Mark Zuckerberg was told to "take the money
and run." To his credit, Zuckerberg
stuck to his guns. Today, Facebook is said to be worth between $5-10 billion
with 250 million registered members. Since his milestone decision, Zuckerberg has gained fame and a thinly-veiled
movie about Facebook has been made.
Last
night I turned down an invitation to have dinner at a good Italian restaurant.
I stepped on the weigh scale this morning and with relief found my weight to be
what I want it to be. I may have missed out on a gastronomic delight but I felt
good about how I look.
These
days many who care enough to monitor the ongoing talks in Congress about the Fiscal Cliff wait with
anxiety for the outcomes of the horse trading. Will our country's leaders end
up leading us into the muck or will it seize a sterling opportunity to show the
world that democracy does indeed work
for the people and that capitalism can shed its $$$$ face in favor of a human
one?
Chances
to do well arise in our lives like the sun comes up everyday. Will we seize these opportunities or miss out
on them?
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- Ariel Murphy
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