For what it’s worth, here’s a link to an interview I did at the NAA show in Orlando. While I do try to explain Maroon Ventures on some level, even I had a tough time listening to it all the way through … And there are links to Jay Small, Bob Kellagher and Howard Owens‘ interviews, too. Those are definitely worthwhile.
In his “The Game” column the other day, the Wall Street Journal’s Dennis K. Berman did a column on BHP Billington’s $132b offer for Rio Tinto, which would bring together two of the world’s largest mining companies. His column included this quote:
“In the 19th century, countries were prone to dispatch navies to secure a flow of goods. Today, they send investment bankers.”
I smiled at the idea, which clearly is true, and immediately my mind went to the sketch that opens Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life,” which I still rank as their greatest work:
Amazing, how the Pythons pull it all together here …
I had the pleasure of having lunch yesterday with the Instapundit, who mentioned a recent post he made describing his scheme to save newspapers. Amusing. And a little frightening.