This past weekend, I gleefully attended my 10th consecutive Berkshire Hathaway Annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. I wasn’t alone. There were 37,000 of us. Since the arena at the CenturyLink Center holds only 18,000, the remaining 19,000 sad, sad shareholders were relegated to the overflow viewing areas. As […]
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In the Paint
Last month, I heard the most remarkable thing: A group of American journalists, among them a former U.S. Army Ranger, in an effort to learn more about the Hezbollah militia, challenged members of the terrorist organization to a game of paintball in Beirut. Yes, you read me right… paintball! Guns loaded, paint pellets flying, accounts […]
Help Me Help You
In 1996, Tom Cruise (as Jerry Maguire) exclaimed to Cuba Gooding, Jr. (as Rod Tidwell), “Help me help you!” He said it over and over again. The line became a classic and is one of many memorable quotations from the movie. When I first started networking in earnest a few years ago, I did so […]