Seth Godin recently posted this four quadrant chart on his blog. It is for plotting different products based on price and based on want vs. need. In his post, he asks his audience to think about what they’re offering and which quadrant it fits within.… Read More
The most popular post on this blog is this one here called, “What real estate developers do and why I became one.” This post alone has been responsible for a good chunk of the organic traffic that this site receives since I wrote it back… Read More
Applications to American business schools, including MBA programs, have fallen for five straight years according to this recent WSJ article. Compared to last year, business school applications to US schools are down about 9.1%; whereas they have been rising in other parts of the world.… Read More
In 1974, at the age of 13, Michael J. Cooper won his first sailing championship in Toronto. And at this very young age he quickly learned that if you’re good at something, people treat you better. You become influential. But the real lesson came when… Read More
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that the celebrated venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz was lagging behind its elite peers in terms of returns. The firm then responded with a well-written blog post explaining why this accusation is off the… Read More
I’ve been getting a lot of (email) questions lately about what to study in order to become a real estate developer. So I thought I would reblog this post that talks about exactly that. I wrote it over a year ago and I almost forgot it existed.… Read More
– by rinatus (rinatus) on 500px Today I’m thinking about extraversion and third places within cities. As many of you I’m sure know, the idea of a third place is that after your home (first place) and your work (second place), cities have what are known… Read More
In the business world – particularly in the startup world these days – there’s a lot of emphasis on the importance of failure. The mantra is: “fail early and fail often.” Because if you’re not failing, then you’re likely not pushing yourself hard enough and… Read More
After yesterday’s post about speed, price, and quality, a friend of mine from Rotman emailed me and said: but what about integrative thinking? When I was doing my MBA at Rotman and Roger Martin was the dean, integrative thinking was a significant part of the… Read More
One of the most common questions I receive from readers is about what to study in school in order to become a real estate developer. Here’s one of those questions: “Thank you so much for your insight into the real estate development process! I was… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 