In case you missed them, here's some of last week's most popular topics:
Gas Station, Car Wash, Fast Food - Owning Unsexy Businesses
Most entrepreneurs my age seem to be focused on creating the next amazing app or website, which frankly bores me because I'm not a tech geek.
From Movado to Patek, what's your wrist companion of choice, and at what level is it appropriate to wear?
Some guys have trouble figuring out what they're worth from day to day, but for other guys it's easy. One such guy is Mike Merrill, a Portland software customer service rep who actually IPO'd his life at $1 a share back in 2008. He issued 100,000 shares, valuing his life at a nice round $100,000.
Ok, I don't plan on marrying some one with debt. But, suppose acurrent GF has ~50k in loans. And one does not currently have any debt to their name, no CC, no student loans, no car payments, nothing.
All of monkeys have been talking about working 100 hour weeks. I thought it would be valuable to get information about how you are getting up early in the morning after going to sleep late the previous night.
Is Argentina Heading Towards Another Financial Crisis
All indications appear to be yes.
Yeah, New York is a different animal. It is pretty fucking gross. Like, really gross.
To All the Colleges that Rejected Me
Like me, millions of high-school seniors with sour grapes are asking themselves this week how they failed to get into the colleges of their dreams. It's simple: For years, they—we—were lied to.
Things in Cyprus have started to melt down, despite the relative calm the Cypriots appeared to have embraced early on in their recent banking crisis. The whole scenario is enough to give intelligent savers pause, as it sets the precedent that plain vanilla bank deposits are no longer sacred.
Admit One My HBS Success Story
Since I found out I’d been admitted to HBS in R1, others have asked me how I did it, how I got in. Usually, I say I hit refresh on my application status every 3 seconds until it changed to “admitted”. I hesitate to answer seriously because I don’t want anyone to follow my path as a blueprint for admission.
Interview with 'That Analyst that Joked about Starting His Own Fund'... and Actually Did It
The following is an interview with tt1254, an analyst who quit and started his own fund. He is also available to answer your questions, ask away.
Meritocracy is Not Dead on Wall Street
Meritocracy is not dead yet: Wall Street is a more meritocratic place than most. If you are a young person and you have good ideas, people will often listen to them, if you are in the right role.
Thought I’d try and give back to the WSO community by sharing “10 Tips” on how to maximize your undergraduate GPA. I’ve noticed that the phrase “get a high GPA” is mentioned in almost every thread discussing recruitment, getting into banking, how to improve, etc., but there isn’t much discussion regarding how to go about getting a high GPA.
Princeton Mom to all female students: find a husband
I'm sure you guys have heard this story by now of the Mom who wrote a letter advising all women at Princeton to marry their classmates before they graduate.
