A recent article in the Financial Times showed that French and German schoolbooks demonize enterprise. As the article … Continue reading “Shocking research on continental European economics teaching”

When I first read The Pillars of the Earth 15 years ago, I absolutely fell in love with … Continue reading “World Without End is fascinating”

A number of you have asked me which of my articles first time entrepreneurs should read. Here is … Continue reading “Startup Kit / Startup 101: Select Articles for First Time Entrepreneurs to Read”

While 2006 was a year of transition with the break after Zingy and the creation of OLX, 2007 … Continue reading “Looking back at 2007, looking forward to 2008”

As I wrote in a recent article (Capitalism and Democracy), despite decreases in global inequality because of economic … Continue reading “The End of Inequality”

If you want to find out more about we have been up to, you can read the interview … Continue reading “Interview about OLX on an Indian blog”

The movie is good, not great. It’s extremely well done and acted. However, given that it’s directed by … Continue reading “American Gangster is worth seeing”

“I have stressed the fact that the beloved person is a substitute for the ideal ego. Two people … Continue reading “Interesting quote on love”

In a recent post, I explained how one of the ways that OLX has grown was to partner … Continue reading “OLX Invests in Edeng, One of China's Leading Free Online Classifieds Site”

I live in New York even though I work on the Internet. That decision has always been for … Continue reading “New York is the place to be :)”

We thought it would be cool to let users display their listings on their profile page and use … Continue reading “Check out the OLX application on Facebook”

They are so incredibly cute 🙂

It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, … Continue reading “Optimism”

You have to love the dry British humor 🙂

Last night, I had the pleasure of listening to Alan Patricof speak on Entrepreneurship in Africa at the … Continue reading “Alan Patricof, Microcredit, Trickle Up and Equity Investments in Developing Countries”