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Ratan Tata Story: Biggest Achievements & Journey!

Trade Brains

He has been quoted multiple times stating how his grandmother helped him develop a strong set of values and ethics system which have guided him ever since he was a boy. He was able to turn the company around, but the company eventually collapsed during an economic slowdown. This gave him an alternative instead of fighting back.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

And in order to graduate from Cook you had to have at least a minor that was related, and I thought — I took an econ class and I kind of liked it, so I minored in environmental economics. I — because obviously, I’m like journalism, economics, I’m in Rutgers. And so, I was doing that in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004.

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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

So, you start the blog in 2004, more or less. That led to the next three or four years of learning how to sell, how to create value, and not worry about selling out, but do it in a very ethical way. We’d rather dream about having 10 million then start investing $100 a week. SETHI: Yes. RITHOLTZ: That’s really fascinating.

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Transcript: Ilana Weinstein

The Big Picture

It was a spin out from, so this would have been 2004, spin out from a well-known prop group, to my point on doing work for a lot of the prop groups. WEINSTEIN: Table stakes, good intellectual horsepower, work ethic, training, and a history of results. So let’s talk a little bit about the hunt for talent.