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Stone :: Marc Cenedella :: Cenedella.com/stone :: None Left Unturned function OpenComments (c) { window.open(c, 'comments', 'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes'); } function OpenTrackback (c) { window.open(c, 'trackback', 'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes'); }     Monster buys Michel. Again. My buddy Chris Michel announced this morning that Monster is buying his company. If that sounds familiar, well, it is. Monster bought Michel's Military.com back 4 years ago.This time, looks like they need to give him a bigger role to keep him around...Congratulations Chris! Posted by marc at January 04, 2008, 01:38 PM | Comments (0)  Writing effective job postings Our friend at Microsoft, Heather Hamilton, likes what we have to say about effective job postings. Posted by marc at January 02, 2008, 07:20 PM | Comments (0) Four Yorkshiremen The classic Monty Python sketch.Luuuuxury! Posted by marc at October 25, 2007, 02:30 PM | Comments (0) Jigsaw is totally unethical I really hate and despise Jigsaw. After having spent the last 4 years never giving out my email address, somehow these weasels picked it up off a scanned card and are publishing it on the internet.And their official policy on removal is horrendous.Their CEO Jim Fowler should be ashamed of himself. Posted by marc at October 24, 2007, 08:54 AM | Comments (0) Malcolm Gladwell was sitting next to me at lunch again Probably not that strange given where I live, but Malcolm Gladwell has sat next to me at lunch or dinner 5 times in the past year.Thanks for the support Malcolm! Posted by marc at October 23, 2007, 03:50 PM | Comments (1) Google maps in a crisis On the NY Times California fires blog, they point to this phenomenal wildfires map on Google.For some strange reason, it makes me feel proud of the Internet industry and everything computerzation and the Web have brought to our lives here in the 21st century. Posted by marc at October 23, 2007, 03:43 PM | Comments (0) Come to Web 2.0 Meetup tonight Sponsored by TheLadders.com, New York's Web 2.0 Tech Meetup is tonight at Slate Plus. Come on by! Posted by marc at October 22, 2007, 12:48 PM | Comments (0) Classifieds are not meant to be free So says David Manaster, CEO of Electronic Recruiting Exchange:In our industry, modest fees are a form of quality control. They weed out the spammers and scammers, and make people think twice before paying to post an inappropriate or off-target ad. I agree with David. While "information wants to be free", what fees in the classified industry serve to control is not information, but behavior. That "free" leads to abuse of a good is the basis of economics -- pricing mechanisms serve to channel goods and behavior to the collective benefit of all. Posted by marc at October 14, 2007, 08:39 PM | Comments (0) Amazing Optical Illusion Right Brain v Left Brain in an amazing optical illusion. Posted by marc at October 13, 2007, 07:26 PM | Comments (0) Classic Giuliani The best line ever from the pugnacious mayor:“David, your compulsion, your excessive concern for weasels is a sign of something wrong in your personality,” the mayor said. “I am giving you the benefit of 55 years of experience — having handled insanity defenses, you need help.”Can't make that up. Posted by marc at October 05, 2007, 11:20 AM | Comments (0) Still numero uno A few years ago, I set out to become a Top 1,000 reviewer on Amazon.com. The kind of idle competitiveness of which I am fond.So I was pleased to discover today that my review of The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America is still the top-rated review for the book! (I never got higher than 4,700 overall before TheLadders.com took over my life.... :) ) 212 of 223 people found the following review helpful: What they do teach you at Harvard Business School, June 10, 2003 By Marc Cenedella "www.cenedella.com/stone" (East Village, New York, NY United States) - See all my reviewsIn the first place, Lawrence Cunningham, whose school it turns out is just a couple blocks from me here in Manhattan, has done a very fine public service in collecting these essays. If you've ever tried to wade through Buffet's annual letters yourself, you know that there are long bits of detailed financial discussions interspersed with the gems of wisdom, aphorisms, and humor that the amateur Buffet-ette is more apt to be seeking. So his collection and coalition, which is well-chosen, well-ordered, and well-edited is a treat for any Buffet fan looking for an accessible volume of the man's work.Buffet has the strangest of powers in that he comes across as a homespun billionaire. Now that's different from just being homespun, the way Sam Walton was, or just being a billionaire, like Bill Gates. Buffet flaunts his wealth and his professional love of money, all the while expressing essential, eternal truths in simple, earthy phrases. When I saw Buffet speak at business school he tapped on the microphone to test it and said "testing, testing, one-million, two-million, three-million." It is that natural genius for combining wealth, truth and comedy that is most vividly on display in "The Essays of Warren Buffet.".Of course, these timeless, simple truths are all known - the way we know that "eat less, exercise more" is how to lose weight. And yet, and yet, it takes Buffet to remind us to "think like an owner"; invest only in management that you "like, trust, and admire"; and buy pieces of business (stocks) when it costs less than the intrinsic value.There are the excellent statements of managerial accountability, business valuation, and capital structure. Helpful warnings on accounting shenanigans, trading costs, and paying heed to Mr. Market. For clarity, brevity, wit, truth, and learning, there is no business writer in the 20th century that compares with Warren Buffet.Buffet's sayings are irreplaceable (and I am not cherry picking here, but merely highlighting a half-dozen of the hundreds of bon mots in this book):"On the other hand, working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any circumstances, but absolute madness if you are already rich.""The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is increasing at a satisfactory rate. In fact, delayed recognition can be an advantage: It may give us the chance to buy more of a good thing at a bargain price.""Just as work expands to fill available time, corporate projects or acquisitions will materialize to soak up available funds... any business craving of the leader, however foolish, will be quickly supported by detailed rate-of-return and strategic studies prepared by his troops"In regard to acquisitions, which usually fail to earn the cost of capital: "The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future lessons.""One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as `marketability' and `liquidity," sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise."On acquiring bad companies for cheap prices: "In my early days as a manager I, too, dated a few toads. They were cheap dates - I've never been much of a sport - but my results matched those of acquirers who courted higher-price toads. I kissed and they croaked." Buffet is approaching literature here - the nuance involved, and the delicious counter-pointing of toads, dates, sport are pitch-perfect. The payoff - "I kissed and they croaked" is as fine a line of found poetry as exists.Buffet, having studied at the feet of the master of investment literature for the first half of the 20th century, has ascended to become the master of investment literature, unqualified. This is a book that will please Buffet-maniacs, investors, finance newbies, and anybody with an interest in the articulated evolution of managerial capitalism that has separated the finance and capital allocation specialties from the operational and day-to-day specializations.In closing, it's appropriate to quote America's great investing wag quoting America's greatest political wag - the subject is, as always with Buffet, simple maths and simple truths:"Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: `How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?' The answer: `Four, because calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg'."Enjoy this book. :) Posted by marc at September 18, 2007, 01:57 PM | Comments (0) Below a billion Picked this up from David Manaster's blog:This press release from the Newspaper Association of America shows an 18.5% decline in recruitment classified advertising at the nation's newspapers in Q2 2007. And what's more, it's the first time recruitment advertising has dropped to below $1 bn for the newspaper industry. Wow. Times are changing. Posted by marc at September 05, 2007, 01:33 PM | Comments (0) Bonuses down in 2007 With the subprime crash impacting 2007 bonus pools, will New York real estate finally return to sane levels in 2008? Posted by marc at August 23, 2007, 11:32 AM | Comments (0) I've been sold! For $1.30. One of the few apps I use on Facebook, Where I've Been, has reportedly been sold for $3 mm. Or about $1.30 per user (including me!)Congratulations to the founder! Posted by marc at August 17, 2007, 12:44 PM | Comments (3) Monster down Wow. Monster is getting hammered in the equity markets. Down 30% or so since the new guys came in.I'd bet what's happening is that the Internet growth investors are bailing out as the new management team just doesn't have street cred with the Interneterati. Who are the new guys piling in? (Somebody has to be on the other side of the transaction.) I bet it's the folks who use to own newspapers -- at 9x EBITDA on a TEV basis, that 22% growth rate looks pretty attractively priced! Posted by marc at August 03, 2007, 03:59 PM | Comments (0) Stone Links Search Jobs Executive Jobs Career Advice Interview Tips Salary Negotiation Resume Advice Andrew Koch Adam McIntyre Michael Shafrir Kikkoman! What Language Does Your Internet Speak? Got Art? blogdex Google Alerts are cool Recent Entries Monster buys Michel. Again. 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