‘Shark Tank’ investor Robert Herjavec shares 6 business lessons he learned from waiting tables; 4 Powerful Mantras to Help You Deal with Fear and Anxiety; 7 ways mentally strong people take advantage of solitude – Bamboo Innovator Daily: 25 Jul (Sat)
July 25, 2015 Leave a comment
Life
- ‘Shark Tank’ investor Robert Herjavec shares 6 business lessons he learned from waiting tables: BI
- 4 Powerful Mantras to Help You Deal with Fear and Anxiety: TinyBuddha
- 7 ways mentally strong people take advantage of solitude: BI
- The Singular Mind of Terry Tao: A prodigy grows up to become one of the greatest mathematicians in the world.: NYT
- Dangers of the culture of obedience: Star
- Father of modern human resources: Rather than ‘roadblocks, impediments and policy police’, HR units can instead be enablers of business results, says consultant Dave Ulrich. BT
- How These Independent Artists Reached No. 1 On The iTunes Chart: Forbes
- The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease: BP
Books
- Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy: Amazon
Investing Process
- Why transparent, conservative accounting is so important: The case of Toshiba-Sandisk VIEs: Royce
Greater China
- HK leverage, China loans hold negative Moody’s outlook for city’s banks: SCMP
- Drone makers trying to build industry ecosystem in China: WCT
- China’s oldest investment bank CICC fails to pay off for KKR, TPG: Reuters
- Tencent turns venture capitalist to conquer China’s digital wallet: Fortune
Japan & Korea
- The Nikkei: a media giant with 140 years of history; The Nikkei group is the media giant behind the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, which is considered the Bible of Japanese business and has a track record of financial scoops. JT
- NPS under pressure to reform after Samsung-Elliott battle; Nation’s largest fund stuck between protection of local companies and enhancement of shareholders’ value: KH
- Park thanks tycoons for support on creativity: JA
- FT provides ‘fast ticket’ for Nikkei’s global expansion; “We did not carry out this acquisition to increase profits. We want to enhance the value of journalism”: FT
Macro
- Pension scam losses treble month after Osborne launches reforms: FT
- Recession and graft: the growing rot in Brazil: FT
Energy & Commodities
- Bullion dealers trade blame in hunt for “bear raid” leader: Reuters
- Oil Producers’ Ugly Duckling Refineries Just Turned Into Swans: Bloomberg
- Gold: Flight from safety; It is a traditional safe haven, so why have investors fallen out of love with the precious metal?: FT
Healthcare
- New Drug Sharply Lowers Cholesterol, but It’s Costly: NYT
- World’s first malaria vaccine, from GlaxoSmithKline, wins approval from EU after 30 year quest: Fortune
TMT
- GoPro is in the business of experiences, not electronics: CEO Nicholas Woodman; GoPro’s shoot-and-share model is good fun — and good business: Nikkei1, Nikkei2
- YouTube Creates Stars. Can It Keep Them? At VidCon, Google battles with Facebook and startups to woo “MyCupcakeAddiction” and other popular online video creators: WSJ
- New Zealand Brings Drones Back to Earth; The government is tightening rules for flying the unmanned vehicles after an increasing number of accidents: WSJ
- Can We Create an Ethical Robot? Without our social sense, an android will buy that last muffin, and a driverless car might run over a child: WSJ
- The Web-Connected Car Is Cool, Until Hackers Cut Your Brakes: NYT
- Taxi Mogul, Filing Bankruptcy, Sees Uber-Citibank Plot: NYT
- Wal-Mart has a groundbreaking new product to protect babies; The retailer signed a deal with infant equipment company Evenflo to sell a $149.88 car seat that will alert a driver when a baby is left in a car. BI
- The mistakes this MySpace founder says he’s not repeating at his new startup: BI
- The pink paper that grew more valuable in the digital maelstrom; Business publications have the advantage that readers will subscribe to financial information: FT
Consumer & Others