Ever heard of Macquarie Bank? They buy roads and bridges. Privatization of our public infastructure has begun.

Quoted: "This is the greatest single financial coup in the history of Chicago." That's how alderman Edward Burke, chairman of the city council's finance committee, described the 99-year lease of the Chicago Skyway, a 7.8-mile toll road, to a private operator for the stunning sum of $1.8 billion - almost $1 billion more than the next-highest bid. The deal, struck in late 2004, was the first privatization of a toll road in the U.S. "

Preggers? Dude must listen to Lykis

Quoted: Crosby's wife was four months preggers when he left to join the Y Combinator startup school in Mountain View.

money moneey

Quoted: The wild risks, unexpected niches, and day-in-day-out grind behind making a dollar in New York...for everyone from a drug dealer to Goldman Sachs.

Good (and brief) interview with a kick ass CEO

Quoted: It generally gets down to a very personal level - openness to change, courage to change, hard work, teamwork. What I do is figure out how to unlock that in people, because most people have that inside them. But they [often] get...

The premise of this book is that Information Technology is now a commodity input for businesses, and that investing in IT is necessary in order to compete, but investing more will not give you competitive advantage. I found his arguments to be reasonable, however, they do have a few soft spots considering the definition of IT is much more grey then say the definition of electricity, another commodity input. It’s a really fast read and probably worth it if IT business interests you. 7/10 (Good)