Time, Mark Zuckerberg has done a good job of 1 billion plus people actively engaged. At one point in time, they were a desktop company, quickly moved into mobile, meaning looking at your phone. Thats where the dominance of the revenue comes from. They almost died the 1. 0 death of being a cat logionline with your desktop and now its more mobile angle and is giving that effective screen experience. They can fail a lot. They have a lot of cash and a lot of eyeballs so i think a nice future in the foreseeable future. A company that relied on facebook, zynga you will chew me with this. It doubled its money as of late. Youre not too high on zynga. They make onehit wonder games and its tough to be a winner so with zynga, an app run with farmville, virtual goods and use the facebook relationship tmobile phone. They went after a lot of acquisitions. The mobility they bought that, the user ship went down so they were a Young Company that took a shot and struck out. A lot of people bought it at
And the sacrifices that the employees have made in the war on terror. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] well, good morning, everyone. So nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. Of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, civilian warriors, but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. So i would encourage you as youre listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. So with that said, erik, welcome. Thank you. Lets get started. Want to talk to you a little bit about your father. You, as you say in the book, you are your fathers son. He was a tremendous influence on you personally and professionally, wasnt he . He really was. He was, i think, an example of a Great American success story, you know . His dad died when my dad was only 13, and he, i guess, became the man of the family at a young age. I remember
In avoiding an even bigger Economic Disaster in the alchemieses. For an extended list and links to 2013 notable book selections, visit booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Next on booktv, eric prince, the founder of blackwater. He talks about the successes of the private mercenary group and the sacrifices that blackwater employees have made in the war on terror. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] well, good morning, everyone. So nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. Of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, civilian warriors, but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. So i would encourage you as youre listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. So with that said, erik, welcome. Thank you. And lets get started. Want to talk to you a little bit about your father. You, as you say in the book, you are your
Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Next on booktv, erik prince, the founder of black water. He talks about the successes of the private mercenaries group and the sacrifices that the employees have made in the war on terror. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] well, good morning, everyone. So nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. Of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, civilian warriors, but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. So i would encourage you as youre listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. So with that said, erik, welcome. Thank you. Lets get started. Want to talk to you a little bit about your father. You, as you say in the book, you are your fathers son. He was a tremendous influence on you personally and professionally, wasnt he . He really was. He was, i think, an example of a
The president s, and maybe the geopolitical tensions and more sanctions against russia. Whatever, the day sure felt ominous. The s p giving up. 48 and the nasdaq dropping half a percent. Giving that the marks have turned treacherous here, whats the game plan . I think we have to raise a little cash to handle this newly punishingen viern am. You know ive been saying dont put new money in. Im tepid here. Many companies are reporting pretty decent numbers and not being rewarded for their efforts like starbucks today. I have to tell you that makes me uncomfortable. For example, next week we hear from cummins, cmi. Its one of americas greatest industrial manufacturers, columbus, indiana. Fantastic. My Charitable Trust which you can follow on Charitable Trust opinion com, but you know what . We took profits this week after caterpillar which has a similar profile got hit when it reported a decent number. I like cummins much more than cap, but i dont like the action that buyers have begun to r