How did London go from a working class manufacturing town to a haven for Russian oligarchs? Part 2 of my conversation with @praddenkeefe, investigative journalist and author of the new book “London Falling":

Snowflake’s plan to get to $1T: CEO @RamaswmySridhar says the answer is compound growth—a lesson he learned working on the search ads team at Google: “Eric Schmidt made us write a ‘$100B revenue plan’ in 2007 or 2008. We all thought this was the funniest thing ever. The idea that one company could make $100B sounded preposterous.” “We took it an objective to increase revenue made per 1,000 queries by 5% every quarter. Every single quarter during my time there, we took that as the objective.” “I tell our team, ‘We’re a great company. We want to be an iconic company.’”

Toronto went all out this year for Halloween 🎃

Quote of the day. #qotd

Ferrero to buy Froot Loops maker WK Kellogg in $3.1 billion deal abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/ferr…

The genius of marketing. #Twix advert is banned, but receives a huge amount of free publicity in return! Now I want a Twix!

The overlooked ROI

If I could convince people of one thing in the world of personal finance, it would be this.

Inadequate communication and unresolved interpersonal issues can exacerbate conflict in family businesses, creating rifts that impact not only the business's success but also familial relationships. #CommunicationBreakdown #FamilyDynamics #FamilyBusiness buff.ly/3V5dlKy

This Former Boy Scout Created A Million-Dollar, One-Person Business—Joining A Growing Number Of Seven... via @forbes forbes.com/sites/elainepofel…

Luxury Brand Reputations Fall, Just When Strong Reputations Matter Most via @forbes forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

"Ten years after the failure of Lehman Brothers, the only imaginable event that today could match the 2008 American credit crunch in terms of its global impact would indeed be a China crisis." Last sentence of the revised edition of The Ascent of Money: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…

Amazon's Checkout-Free #Tech is Heading to Other Retailers bit.ly/2PZJuRj via @entrepreneur #socialmedia #entrepreneur

The student debt crisis is crushing entrepreneurship on.forbes.com/60161GqPe By @MarkWTravers

From helping families with infertility issues to reducing supermarket food waste, this year’s Rising Stars are changing the world--all before age 30. Here are the boldest young entrepreneurs you need to know in 2019. inc.com/30-under-30-2019-ris…