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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. To help you see what is different in his 2010 letter — I offer a partial list of Buffett principles from last year's letter. But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)?

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The New Economic Revolution

Strategy Driven

In 2010, he was named one of Business Insider ‘s Silicon Valley 100 and in 2011, as one of BusinessWeek ’s 30 under 30 Best Tech Entrepreneurs. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership. . Name and address information required.

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Professional Women Still Marginalized

Strategy Driven

In the two decades from 1990 to 2010, our country fell from having the sixth-highest rate of female labor-force participation among 22 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, countries to 17th on the list. . Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around

Strategy Driven

Catalyst’s 2010 statistics conclude that companies with a significant percentage of women on their boards performed better than those with no women on their boards—by 84% return on sales, 60% return on invested capital, and 46% return on equity. . Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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Like me! Why should I like you? Eh, I have no idea!

Strategy Driven

Then one day (way back in 2010), out of the blue, Facebook decided to change it to a ‘like’ page. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. If you can remember that far back in Facebook history (2007), it started as a ‘fan’ page. Why did they change it?

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Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

Harvard Business Review

But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software. As a result, the company’s total exposure far exceeds its cash on hand and even its book value. Uber’s Fundamental Illegality.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

Using BoardEx data provided by the Center for Corporate Performance, we examined a sample of 1,212 CEOs who led S&P 1500 firms between 2000 and 2010. We measured their firm’s value by Tobin’s Q, a ratio between market value of assets to book value of assets.