A Culture of Money - And Other Interesting Links

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Roger Ehrenberg, ex Wall Streeter and founder of Monitor110, has an interesting post about building a "culture of money." Lots of startups do things without any thought of monetization, business models, or the creation of economic value. Roger argues that thinking about ways to created real economic value (via the culture of money) is the best way to run a new business.

Stanley Bing has a blog, finally.

Scrappleface is poking fun at Chrysler.

If you ever had a strategic thinking class you probably studied game theory. But what about behavioral game theory? Sometimes real people don't settle in to Nash equilibriums.

Microsoft claims Linux violates 235 patents.

Slate examines why it is so hard for companies to raise prices.

The New York Times has an interesting inside look at running an online porn company.

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3/8/07 Interesting Links

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2/1/07 Links You Should Read

Kevin Rollins is out at Dell, and Michael Dell is back as CEO. Rollins always struck me as the right guy to turn around the company. Obviously I was wrong. It will be interesting to watch and see what Dell…

1/26/07 Interesting Links

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Links for 1/15/07

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1/1/07 Links

Can you make money in the long tail? Jory Des Jardin writes about the "entrepreneurial sin" of postponing joy. If you are starting a business, does it help or hurt to have a partner? If close friends don't really know our preferences, should…

12/18/06 Interesting Links

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Interesting Links 11/15/06

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11/3/06 Link Dump

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Link Dump, And a Request for Book Reviewers

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Links of the Day

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Interesting Stories You Might Have Missed

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Business Notes

Congress may approve "the biggest overhaul of mortgage financing since the New Deal."

The government is acknowledging the suffering of business owners everywhere by raising the gas deductible by eight cents.

The Metropolitan Money Store defrauded potential foreclosure victims out of millions of dollars by setting up fake loans and inflated appraisals. Ouch.

The Fed, in a determined effort to control inflation, said today it would "strongly resist" inflationary pressures on the economy. Translation: interest rates are going up in the not-to-distant future.

The US Department of Labor has released statistics showing that unemployment is at 5.5%, much higher than anyone thought. Yet another confirmation of the recession.

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