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Columbus Discovers the Amazon
Jeff Bezos’ approach: Explore strange new worlds—business model to come.
Andy Kessler
Columnist, Inside View, The Wall Street JournalAndy Kessler is the author of Inside View, a column he writes for The Wall Street Journal on technology and markets and where they intersect with culture. He is the author of several books including Wall Street Meat and Eat People. He used to design chips at Bell Labs before working on Wall Street for PaineWebber and Morgan Stanley and then as a founder of the hedge fund Velocity Capital.
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Three Cheers for Internships
Even without pay, they offer experience far more valuable than most classes.
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A Better Way to Make Facebook Pay
A simple law—‘Users own their private data’—would make social media great.
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Don’t Be Too Eager to Make a Deal
If someone sends you something to sign, ‘put it in the corner of your desk.’
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AT&T’s ‘South Park’ Argument
While cartoons mock Netflix as a content spigot, a Time Warner merger is no threat.
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George Costanza’s Investment Tips
When I smile, tell me some bad news / Before I laugh and buy or sell like a fool.
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Elon Musk’s Uncontested 3-Pointers
What does the Tesla and SpaceX founder have in common with Stephen Curry?
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Stocks Weren’t Made for Social Climbing
Profits are the proper gauge of a company’s value to consumers—and to society.
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Unicorns Need IPOs
The more companies are publicly traded, the faster information gets into the market.
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2018: You Read It Here First
A dozen predictions that have the benefit of being inevitable or nearly so.
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The Expense-Account Racket
Why not abolish the tax deduction for business entertainment?
