Southern Spice
Rene Diaz rode the Hispanic immigration wave to a $200 million food-distribution business in Atlanta.
Maureen Farrell, Forbes StaffRene Diaz rode the Hispanic immigration wave to a $200 million food-distribution business in Atlanta.
Maureen Farrell, Forbes StaffRobert Novich has a better formula for struggling general practitioners: fewer patients, same money, more fun.
Maureen Farrell, Forbes StaffWith the news of Steve Wynn's backing of Pokerstars, I'm reminded of the way he discovered Bobby Baldwin, the 1978 World Series of Poker Champion. Vegas legend has it that the casino mogul and the poker genius were seated at the same high-stakes table one night and Baldwin was beating the pants off of Wynn. This didn't stop the two of them from becoming good friends who ended up working with each other for many years. read »
Dinevore CEO on the entrepreneurial process of starting and building his company.
The tabloids are abuzz about a new study suggesting that Facebook can exacerbate the negative self-conceptions of kids troubled by low self-esteem. If you have 18 friends and see your neighbor has 1,118, the study says your sense of not measuring-up will get worse. read »
There are essentially three ways of dealing with America's tattered balance sheet and mounting financial obligations: curbing social services, hiking taxes and generating real, sustainable economic growth--and the first two aren't exactly palatable. read »
I was up in the Mad Ave Penthouse of StrawberryFrog the other day, using my sleek new iPad 2,when I read a new report on the U.S. media that said that most of us now get our daily news fixes online and on mobile devices. read »
Carl Icahn is often referred to as a hedge fund manager in popular business press. But that’s actually no longer true. As of this month, he’s decided to return all outside investors’ money from his fund. He now only manages his own money. Essentially, he’s now a loud and outspoken family office – although he still manages $5 billion. read »
I made the worst decision in venture capital history in late 2000. I was a partner at a venture firm called 212 Ventures. What? You never heard of it? We had $100 million from Investcorp, $5 million from CS First Boston, $5 milion from First Union (which became Wachovia) and $5 million from UBS. I had a few partners but I won’t soil their names with this story. BecaUSe what follows was completely my fault. read »