How Banks Work

How Banks Work

When I was nine years old, a banker walked into my classroom in Compton wearing a blue suit, a white shirt and a red tie. The only white men I had seen in suits were detectives, and theirs never looked like that. Somewhere around the fourth week I worked up the...
Mindset Matters

Mindset Matters

My friend Mike Maples Jr. is one of the most respected venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, and when I asked him how he became who he is, he told me about the day he disappointed his father. He was about twelve, running a small business that was doing well, and he...