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Bringing back the newsstand

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The newsstand is an experiment, but Brûlé said the company could create franchises and spin off the newsstand business if it succeeds. “It’s important for us to, I think, remind the market that — is it really a crisis of print, or is it a crisis of print distribution? And I would argue that part of it is the latter,” Brûlé told me. TB is bringing back the newsstand. How Tyler Brûlé has extended Monocle […]

2014 in review

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Years in review

This is my annual summary. It is my way of remembering the year that past and to close the books. This is the fifth year I’ve done this, and if you are curious you can find 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 online too. 2014 was another eventful year and my third in the US. These are some of the things that I did over the year: January The local coffee place in the not-so-great area […]

The Colbert Report

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http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:colbertnation.com:3cd33260-ed01-11e0-aca6-0026b9414f30 The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook A tribute to my favorite tv-show that just went off the air this week – The Colbert Report. The segments that really stood out for me were the ones about the Colbert Super PAC. It was their way of explaining the absurdities of the rules around Political Actions Committees. These segments also won them a Peabody Award. (Source: http://media.mtvnservices.com/)

The Long Game, and finding your own

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I think you have to choose a management philosophy that fits your personality. Building businesses is harder than an HBR article might imply, and while it is interesting to read how executives do things that doesn’t mean that their experiences would work for you. In that sense, these articles can be quite deceitful. The grass is greener and all that. I have tried to design around who I am as a person, and then complement […]