Maybe $100 isn’t so cheap after all

July 16th, 2009 · 7:00 am  →  Blog

Anthony and I are in the business of bidding $100 for companies/divisions that we think we can turn around. But, despite our convictions, we are well aware of the skepticism out there. “But, Ben, isn’t $100 far too cheap?” I have to admit the doubts did get to me, but no longer. Apparently, large, recognizable [...]

No Money for Blockbuster

March 30th, 2009 · 4:30 am  →  Blog

As frequent readers of this blog know, my Benchpress-partner-in-crime Anthony and I like making ridiculous $100 offers for failing companies/divisions. One may inquire, then, given Blockbuster’s pitiful plight (which has been so poor that they’ve even been the subject of an Onion video parody), why we haven’t made our usual $100 offer. The reason is [...]

Roche: making PCR look cool

March 6th, 2009 · 2:48 pm  →  Blog

Over on Benchpress I referred to a new ad by Roche for their LightCycler 480 PCR machine. My buddy (in offering poor prices for poor companies) Anthony provided the most fitting testimonial of: “If RT-PCR was this cool, I’d do it everyday.” Well done, Roche. Well done: