peHUB First Read
* Simon Dumenco: Do we still believe in the can-do celebrity CEO (and what might the answer mean for Meg Whitman)?
* Top 10 acquirers in greentech
* What World of Warcraft can teach you about synergy and profits.
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London opens soft, European shares fall on oil, the Nikkei climbs 0.9% and Hong Kong shares rebound.
* Hedgie/VC Peter Thiel: “The recovery is not real.”
* Mohamed El-Erian: Return of the old ways of thinking threatens recovery.
* Chris Dixon: What if online biz model innovation is slowing down?
* The maker of Jolt cola files for bankruptcy. Isn’t the most surprising thing here that there is still a maker of Jolt cola?
* I, and by extension peHUB, wholeheartedly endorse VentureBeat’s policy toward PR embargoes — and the reasons for it.
* Five semi-serious (and semi-snarky) signs that the VC recovery is underway.
* MBA Pay: “Schools publish average salary figures that suggest most grads will reap rich rewards, but for many the ‘average’ is a distant dream.”
* Dan Gross: The banking bailout is working. The housing bailout is not.
* Chris Whalen: Why does Bloomberg keep getting the FDIC story wrong?
* The legendary Paul Tudor Jones “Trader” video is back online (at least for now)…
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Tom said on September 29, 2009
> Five semi-serious (and semi-snarky) signs that the VC recovery is underway.
Actually, there’s another part of his blog I found funny and timely (SciFi crowd will get it):
http://darthcapitalist.com/2009/08/too-big-to-fail/