On: How the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain's st...

[lysace]

Eccentric success - even if accidental - is more interesting than cookie cutter MBA min-maxing.

[lmm → lysace]

All UK businesses these days are property investment funds with a lesser or greater amount of ornamental embellishment. And since it's illegal to build anything (at least if anyone cares to challenge your planning applications, as per the article), it will probably stay that way for a while.

[lysace → lmm]

That's depressive.

[kasey_junk → lysace]

Love to succeed at being born rich.

[User23 → kasey_junk]

A shockingly high number of people born rich manage to lose it all.

[madaxe_again → lysace]

Interesting, absolutely - but I learned that boring clients pay the bills and don’t ask you to shave an egg.