The Wealthy Pirate VC
Having been in the software business all my life, I’m no stranger to the idea that many people think it’s okay to steal digital property. After all, it costs virtually nothing to manufacture another copy, so the reasoning goes, and so therefore the owner isn’t out anything. It’s an unenlightened and unsophisticated rationalization of what, [...]
Swagger Wagon
I’ve been thinking about buying a minivan… a m.i.n.i.v.a.n. I was feeling pretty down about it and figured the only way I could offset the depression it would certainly evoke is to buy a Maserati Quattroporte at the same time, then I saw this. Add a couple or 3 kids and a minivan starts looking [...]
Will a Return to Automotive OEM In-Country Sourcing in the UK Signal Something Larger?
I won’t ever forget the shot heard round the global-sourcing automotive world when GM told its suppliers that they’d have to meet a “world price” for given parts and components if they were to remain suppliers to the then automotive giant. Others acr…
Is Contrarian Purchasing a Good Savings Strategy?
Recent headlines about Toyota have no doubt been music to the ears of its major rivals — especially Ford and GM. From a giant recall for gas pedals that stick (making the Audi 5000′s sudden-acceleration PR woes look tame by comparison) to botched hy…
