The Difference between Businesses and Investments
Posted by markso on Jan 12, 2010 in Investment Management | 21 comments
Aside from building businesses, another passion of mine is investing in assets. Both of them are a means to make more money if you know what you are doing, but how money is made between the two are very different. I’m going to simplify the difference for both of them for you right now by sharing my perspective: In business, to make money you need two critical assets: Customers and Employees. While in Investments, to make money you need two different kinds of assets: Money and Experience. Let...
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