Martin

This book was surely not one of my favorite books to read, I was frustrated with the authors actions and his stubbornness. I felt like the chapters dragged on about him describing tedious tasks that are not needed to be described in great detail. He would rant about how to correctly build a bee hive or how to plant an orchard. I wish the book had a more business perspective as appose to a boring narrative of a stubborn farmer who fails but yet arrogantly continues to go on with what he is doing. The book did get interesting when he talked about raising livestock, particularly when describing slaughtering and butchering. These topics were something that I was not aware of in detail, and as he mentioned I am one of those people who sees meat in the store but does not ponder how it got there. I was disgusted and fascinated at the same time when reading the chapters, I was intrigued by the idea of giving animals a place to roam and live happy lives, but what made me d...

Job Description What is a Private Equity firm? With those of you that are not familiar with what a private equity firm does, essentially we buy and manage portfolio companies that we deem as a worthy investment. Our intention is not to just secure capital for struggling or successful business, we want to help them grow and be successful from a financial and operational viewpoint. This is slightly different than let’s say buying stock of a company, as we typically intend on purchasing a large sum or whole operation of the business we are investing in. What does an analyst do? · Search within multiple industries to analyze potential investments · Scrutinize and analyze potential investments · Build financial models of potential investments · Present to management · Follow up with portfolio companies · Raise money from outsiders So as an analyst in a private equity firm we are responsible for many roles within the office. Analysts essent...

I find this book to be personally very interesting. Not many people have the ability to expose themselves to huge amounts risk and explore the unknown. Kurt ambitiously explores new ideas and passions, through fulfilling his aspirations to his best ability. He leaves his stability behind of owning a restaurant to create something he really has no idea or experience of managing. In my eyes, Kurt is a very admirable individual as he purely lives up to his passions and what makes him happy. Whether it is him pursuing bee keeping or raising grass feed beef, Kurt has a plan and a means of going through with it. Kurt is a person who learns by doing, although he loves to research and gather information, ultimately his success is always built upon learning from mistakes. In a way I find this books inspiring, as it shows that anyone can really leave a life behind that they don't...

I am originally born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA, a small beach town on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. Both of my parents immigrated to the United States from Poland so we grew up speaking mainly polish in our household. I am in my final semester at USC and after this semester I plan to study abroad in Europe and hopefully find a job overseas in Banking. I mostly resemble my dad out of everyone in my family, we both share a giving and caring attitude to most people we meet. The main difference I would say I have with my parents is that I am much more risk taking then they are.             I would argue that I set my expectations more so for myself and I decide what I deem as being successful. One role model that I have is Richard Branson, he is a celebrity billionaire but is probably hands down one of the most down to earth individuals. If I were to connect to a wild animal, I would probably be dolphin...