@davidmullings #7.....its quite surprising the number of people who believe otherwise. If I can't see how the other party wins, I am not doing the deal either.
Michael Clarke on West Indies Cricket
“Yeah, I’m really concerned for West Indies cricket. Honestly, this is where I think, firstly the ICC, but even if it’s the Big Three — India, Australia and England — need to come together to save West Indies cricket.
At the moment, look, if West Indies are not the lowest paid nation, they’re in the conversation.
I go back to the conversation I had when the IPL started in its first or second year when Chris Gayle copped criticism for choosing IPL over West Indies. He was the highest-paid West Indies player on $100,000 a year, 12-month contract. He signed a deal at the IPL for a million dollars US at that stage for a four-and-a-half or six-week tournament.
How could he say no to that deal? Can’t compare. Like, you couldn’t have a go at Chris for making that decision. And he played his backside off for West Indies as well.
I just think these West Indies players, if they’re already getting paid, like I say, the lowest amount or close to it, you take 25% of their money away. How do they not just turn into a franchise player, play five or six different franchises around the world and say, unfortunately, we’ll play for the West Indies, but we’re not going to sign a central contract.
You can’t blame them.
I just think they need help and the ICC and the three big nations, they’ve just got to find a way, in my opinion.”
This guy has built 7 different BILLION DOLLAR companies.
How? By turning boring industries into billion dollar gold mines.
This is the INSANE journey of under-the-radar billionaire, Brad Jacobs:
Brad Jacobs has done over 500 acquisitions in his career.
His latest acquisition was for $17 billion.
Brad spoke about the toolkit he uses for acquisitions:
"I'm good at figuring out what the right industry to consolidate is and I have a toolkit.
I find the right industry.
I find something that's large.
I find something that's growing.
I find something that’s fragmented.
I find something that we can buy at reasonable prices.
I find something where technology could be used. I find a not very tech-forward industry.
I find something that AI and automation are not going to disrupt anytime in the near future.
I find industries that have certain characteristics to it, whether it was garbage, construction, transportation, or logistics.
They all have the same characteristics, they have the same traits.
Then I put together an amazing team….”
🚨 OBAMA ON AI: "If we are thinking about AI just in terms of how do we cure cancer or get better energy, you can do that without having agentic AI and having it just roaming free in the internet. The reason you are doing that is because you have to market a product that people will pay money for.
That’s a misalignment between what our society needs and the commercial imperatives that these companies are facing, not because necessarily they’re trying to do bad things, but because they’ve got to justify these valuations.
So, that’s one more reason why it is really important for us to have a competent government and a serious bipartisan conversation around this issue, and we have to do it fast. And I would encourage voters to pay attention to this. If somebody does not have a serious plan for how to deal with this, then they’re not meeting the moment, and you should probably look for somebody else."
Sounds familiar:
"If you build a product or a service and you're not confident in its functionality, capability, or safety, then don't release it. That's a very obvious thing to do... The market forces are already there. We don't need any new laws. We don't need new regulations." - Jensen Huang