The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The FT’s Lex column has a piece on Samsung today which spells out how powerful the company has become. Anyone with an interest in consumer electronics will have noticed their success in the TV and smartphone markets in recent years. Taking a sample of one, over the last twelve months I have bought two Samsung phones and a Samsung laptop.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

It was interesting to read the quote below in the Financial Times’ Lex Column ’s commentary on News International’s plans to launch a new paper The Sun on Sunday : The venture fills a hole in News Corp ’s publishing business that only Mr Murdoch, an old man in a hurry, can see.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2012

The FT printed it in their Lex article on Marissa Mayer taking the CEO job at Yahoo (paywalled, so no link) but it applies equally at startups. When a business team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. Warren Buffet.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 18, 2012

The excellent, but paywalled, Lex column in the FT has an interesting article today which speculates on how Microsoft will price its forthcoming releases of Windows 8 (tablet edition) and Microsoft Office.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

While this has made for lively if unconvincing theater — in Icahn’s imagination, Andreessen has almost Lex Luthor-like powers to control the minds of others — it doesn’t qualify as a long-term strategy. Icahn should know better; these types of decisions are made by the entire board of directors.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 6, 2014

Lex Alexander) started an Indiegogo campaign to help fund his tuition to further his coding education. As I look to create more things like Advice For Good and MATCH in order to embrace and socialize the “pay it forward” ideal, I love reading about stories like this that only help to fuel my passion in this area.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2014

Remember how Lex Luthor hung the necklace of kryptonite around our hero’s neck? That or at least your runway should be extended. Perseverance. Hand in hand with resourcefulness comes perseverance. Who better represents this determination than Superman? How Superman’s strength was drained in front of our very eyes?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 22, 2017

The word INTELLEXSYS is developed by conjoining the words intel from intellectual, lex, i.e. legal in latin and sys short for system to mean intellectual legal systematic solutions. The discovery of this innovation precisely outlines the base of intellectual property rights which my law firm specializes in.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 30, 2010

At this point his company is putting on wrestling events, allowing you to come and meet the likes of Lex Luger and Booker T (and get autographs, photos, etc). He left Engauge at the end of last year and launched a company called Promolast. The event is in Atlanta on June 4th and 5th – you should attend !

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I’m going to write Lex back. Santiago used to be a designer at IDEO and was nervous about a big meeting he had in Boston. I sent a good luck card to his hotel before his presentation. When he got it he was thought, This is so cool.

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