Business Game Time

How leveraged buy-outs work, why some many people hate private equity investors and why every opportunity needs a risk.

Filed under: baseball by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: bank • bankrupt • baseball • borrowing • bud selig • business model • cash • control • debt • dodgers • financial engineering • franchsie • frank mccourt • greece • homeowners • investment fund • l.a. dodgers • lbo • leverage • leveraged buy-out • leveraged deal • loan • los angeles • major league baseball • management buy-out • mlb • news corp. • opportunity • portugal • private equity investment • private equity investor • return • risk • squeeze • venture capital

Why marketing is not as easy as it seems and why McLaren won the race in Shanghai.

Filed under: motor sports by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: big picture • complexity • data • data models • drs • durability • execution • facts • five forces • flexibility • formula 1 • formula one • information • kers • kinetic energy recovery systems • lewis hamilton • marketing • michael e. porter • michael porter • pirelli • prioritizing • product • rear wing • red bull • rules • scientific • shanghai • tactics • team strategy • tires • u curve • winning

Here’s where Brazilian soccer players’ stage names come from, what different kinds of them there are and how they can help you discover the basis of you personal brand.

Filed under: soccer (football) by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: artist • aspiration • brazil • carlos caetano bledorn verri • carlos roberto de oliveira • cláudio andré mergen taffarel) • dunga • dwarf • edison arantes do nascimento • edson arantes do nascimento • falcao • game • garrincha • image • juninho paulista • juninho pernambucano • júnior • kaká • leovegildo lins gama júnior • manoel francisco dos santos • nickname • paulo roberto falcão • pelé • pernambuco • personal brand • personality • positive • raí • raí souza vieira de oliveira • ricardo izecson dos santos leite • roberto dinamite • ronaldão • ronaldinho • ronaldo • ronaldo luís nazário de lima • são paulo • snow white • soccer (football) • socrates • sócrates brasileiro sampaio de souza vieira de oliveira • stage name • taffarel

Why do teams blow the lead even though they dominated most of the games? Why do we change our tactics just because or weakened competition does? Here’s how to defeat the fear of winning.

Filed under: (american) football, soccer (football) by Johannes
No Comments » Tagged with: (american) football • ac milan • change • comebacks • dan marino • desperation • didier marlier • dynamic • execution • fear • game plan • john elway • liverpool fc • losing • reaction • seth godin • soccer (football) • strategy • stubbornnes • tactics • two-minute-offense • uefa champions league • winning • winning formula