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This December marks Ron Huss’s 20th anniversary working in the Office of Technology Management. Huss has been managing the office since 2000, and in 2008, he was promoted to Associate Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, where he provides leadership of Penn State’s vast intellectual-property assets, which comprises thousands of patents, patent applications, copyrights, and other IP. Huss earned his bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a…

Buffett is an advocate of Graham’s investing principles. He uses his purchase of Washington Post Company to illustrate those principles. Buffett and others estimated the intrinsic value at between $400 and $500 million while the market price was $100 million. The key thing that Buffett takes from Graham’s principles is the practice of buying good businesses at market discounts compared to the underlying value. A common misconception is that the market provides the most accurate price. Buffett…

I am reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and I am on page 200. The novel is about Richard Mayhew, an average Londoner with an average life who is dragged into the mysterious world of London Below when he helps a girl he finds bleeding on the street. Despite being the beginning of a fantastic adventure, his decision to be a Good Samaritan has negative consequences, as it causes him to miss a dinner with his trendy fiancée’s boss, leading her to dump him. I will be rewriting the first chapter, as it…

Walt Disney started off as a farm boy drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbour’s horses for fun. When he was older, Walt tried to get a job as a newspaper cartoonist, but was unable to find one and ended up working in an art studio where he created ads for newspapers and magazines. Eventually he grew to work on commercials, became interested in animation, and eventually opened his own animation company which has become one of the most successful businesses in the world. Walt Disney's childhood…

A shark tooth is one of numerous teeth in the shark’s mouth. Different sharks can be classified on the basis of the teeth they have and the functions that such teeth perform in consuming their prey. There are four basic types of shark teeth: dense flattened, needle-like, pointed lower with triangle upper, and non-functional. Sharks have a complete set of teeth when they are born. These teeth are modified placoid scales with an outer layer of enamel, dentine and a central pulp cavity; similar to…

Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson was born on November 30, 1962 in a small town in Alabama called Bessemer. Vincent was born to a single mother, Florence Jackson Bond. He was the eighth child of his mother’s ten children. Vincent’s father never married Florence, instead he had an entire family on the other side of town. That being said, it was hard for Vincent’s mother to support herself and ten children with her job as a housekeeper. As Vincent began to grow into his teenage years, he became a…

and Piton Capital. However, no less than one week later, Rocket Internet acquired Germany’s Volo, a start-up playing in exactly the same space. Five months later, Take Eat Easy already returned to investors with the closure of a €10 million Series B round led by Eight Roads Ventures and existing investors Rocket Internet, DN Capital and Piton Capital. Co-founder and CEO Adrien Roose expected the new capital to be used to consolidate the company’s presence in France and Belgium and to expand…

Michele Barletta 10(3) Entrepreneurs Media Review Task Business Studies 2015 Contents Page: Page Number • Steve Jobs: Apple 3 • Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook 7 • Larry Page and Sergey Brin: Google 10 • Which Entrepreneur do I admire/respect the most? 13 • The importance of Entrepreneurship in South Africa: 14 • Will I become a successful entrepreneur one day? 14 Steve Jobs: Apple Many described Steve Jobs as an egocentric bully; there…

Luis, For some reason you feel that you know absolutely everything that is on my mind. I have told you in the past that when I am serious (of which I’ve always been when I am working) it’s either because I’m concentrating on my job or I have too many things on my mind. Since you feel that you can read my mind, therefore, I have an attitude now. Has it occurred to you to ask me exactly what’s wrong, instead of accusing me of having an attitude? You really believe that you are the ONLY one that…

having two options to go for which are Madison super and Madison platform. In order to find the best project to go for NPV and IRR will be utilized for making decision on investment proposal. Net present value is an instrument to measure whether investor will achieve target at a given initial investment or not. Moreover, NPV also calculate the adjustment to the initial investment if needed to achieve the goal by assuming all values remain same. IRR stands for internal rate of return which is…