Tag Archives: Books

How Starbucks Saved My Life (and made the advertising profession look like a shallow pool of miscreants)

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I have always been leery of guys with three names. Presidents and serial killers come to mind. Into my doubting field of vision has wandered one more – Michael Gates Gill, and his book “How Starbucks Saved My Life: A … Continue reading →

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Bet On the Rider, Not the Horse

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Terry Taylor

“The key to mega-stock investing is not focusing on the industry, but rather on the entrepreneurial leadership characteristics of the CEO. This strategy is what Renn Capital Group uses to provide, in some cases, soaring returns for investors. You might … Continue reading →

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Three Things

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Selling Out, Up, Down & Dirty Worm poop is hip. Just ask TerraCycle, Inc magazine’s 2006 “The Coolest Little Start Up In America.” Started by a Princeton dropout (who found that worm droppings helped “certain” kind of plants to grow … Continue reading →

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Black Swans in Your Business

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I am adding my random words to the growing pile surrounding a new book by Nassim Nicolas Taleb, who uses his financial trader background and no small amount of math to play a Malcom Gladwell role in describing yet another … Continue reading →

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Readnecks

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Terry Taylor

They gather at the Barnes & Noble early Saturday morning to drink coffee and discuss a few books. They speak in the hushed, reverential tones of people who have been raised to respect the edicts of a stern librarian. Seven of them … Continue reading →

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Easy Money

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt (authors of Freakonomics) are at it again in the New York Times magazine; this time, postulating on the economics of those ubiquitous retail gift cards. They site numerous research reports about things we … Continue reading →

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Johnny U

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Terry Taylor

There were football players and there was Johnny Unitas. He looked like a skinny Pennsylvannia plumber who snuck into a badly fitting uniform and somehow managed to take a beating long enough to get rid of a rope to win … Continue reading →

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Rammer Jammer

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Ingrained in the many football traditions of the University of Alabama are these odd words: “Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer. Give ‘em Hell, Alabama!” coined by the once-respected university literary and humor magazine of the same name. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Harper … Continue reading →

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My Chemical Romance at Starbucks

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If my graying friends are listening to a band from New Jersey, Springsteen’s probably hunched front and center, screaming the everyday lyrics of a tortured life. Some may even admit to an affection for Bon Jovi. So why am I … Continue reading →

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Organ Sale

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Since we have done a lot of work for organ donation over the last eight years, I found the following to be quite interesting. Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, authors of “Freakonomics,” wrote an interesting piece for the … Continue reading →

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