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The Self-Made Man: Gabe Newell

Posted April 24, 2014

Any readers with a Steam account will be interested in this week’s Self Made Man, Gabe Newell. Gabe is the co-founder and current managing director of the Valve Corporation, the video game development and distribution company responsible for Steam, as well as really awesome games like Half-Life and Portal. Valve is a company that strives

The Self-Made Man: Philip Danforth Armour, Sr.

Posted April 11, 2014

When you think of the Gilded Age, a few specific men come to mind: Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and so on. These men were industrialists and entrepreneurs, and some of them worked their way up from modest jobs to become the richest and most powerful men of their generation. There is much to

The Self-Made Man: Gene Simmons

Posted March 6, 2014

In honor of KISS finally getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, Self Made Men is profiling the man that made that band a brand, so to speak: Gene Simmons. Yes, behind that prehensile tongue and semi-respectable sleaze is a razor-sharp business mind, and he certainly fits TSB’s mold for

The Self-Made Man: Jim Buckmaster

Posted February 27, 2014

TSB has talked about Craigslist as a product of self made men before, in that it was built from the ground up by someone with an idea and the willingness to work very hard in service of that idea. That someone, you may recall, was Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, but he’s not the only entrepreneur

The Self-Made Man: Manoj Bhargava

Posted February 13, 2014

Where would the world be without 5 Hour Energy shots? For that matter, how did we muddle along without them for so many years? Writers and theatre folk practically live on them, and so do entrepreneurs. They would have to. The early portion of starting one’s own business is a procession of long days and

Must-Read: You’re Losing Money

Posted January 29, 2014

Right now, as you’re sitting here reading this, you are most likely losing money. Well, not like someone is stealing your money by raiding your bank or going through your wallet. But, instead that because you’re not investing properly and doing the proper things with your money, it’s basically like it’s getting stolen right out

5 Ideas for Getting a Business Mentor

Posted January 7, 2014

Finding a business mentor is kind of like finding a girlfriend, it can be a pain in the ass if you don’t know where to look and what you’re doing. With that being said, getting a business mentor is totally worth it if you’ve got a plan in place. Why get a business mentor? As

The Self-Made Man: Mike Ilitch

Posted December 19, 2013

I often eat pizza when I’m writing these columns, which is probably why I have cholesterol and blood pressure issues these days. Those can wait for another column, though, because I’m currently chomping into a slice of Little Caesar’s Hot ‘N Ready. Not exactly high cuisine, but it’s pretty good for $5. And, as I’m

Must-Read: How Debt Can Mess Up Your Life

Posted December 2, 2013

Money is a weird thing. You get a lot of it for doing certain things called “work.” But then, even if you don’t have enough of it to purchase the thing that you want, other people will actually give you some of it. Not for free, but for the specific price of having to pay

The Self-Made Man: Thinkgeek

Posted November 14, 2013

The rise of geek culture over the past ten years or so has been fueled, at least in TSB’s opinion, by a lot of entrepreneurial energy. How many of today’s big, profitable companies started because someone wanted to monetize their nerdy hobby/obsession/skill? How many thirtysomething millionaires were writing code and listening to Rush while their

The Self-Made Man: The Adoni Brothers

Posted October 10, 2013

Jensen and Jordan Adoni are two very interesting guys. They’re the kind of young moguls that business magazines like Forbes and Inc. cream their jeans about (not literally, of course); social media savvy, friendly with reporters, and manufacturers of a boutique product—designer shoes—that’s more fun to write about than stock portfolios. What’s especially cool about