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Iron Ore Trading: A review of the State of the Art
For those who haven’t done business with us in the past, Blackhawk Partners is a reliable trader and supplier of a wide range of commodities to industrial and financial consumers globally. The Firm’s customers around the world rely upon us as a source of Metals and Minerals and Crude Oil and ...
Read MoreHow Disruptive Is your Investment Model?
I am often asked what are the key industries that are positioned to be today the most disruptive ones out there and which we at Blackhawk Partners would be very keen on taking a real close look at. So I thought of sharing some of them with you in the hope of catching your attention and sharing fe...
Read MoreSo you think you can outsmart me with your lies?
I transact business with hundreds of entrepreneurs, traders, financiers and businessmen all year long. Some real smart and others amazingly dumb and arrogant. There is though a class of people who think they are so good at lying that they can get away with it.... How delusional they can be. We...
Read MoreThe Deal Making Metrics that Matter
I crack up when I see so many rookies in the business world today trying to make deals happen having no clue how to go about it. So they go on relying on bigger idiots who are totally inept at even understanding a deal and you have the recipe for disaster. Having done more deals in more busine...
Read MoreTurning into a Lean and Mean "Money Machine"
I crack up when I see people always complaining about how little time they have and how overwhelmed they are. They whine about all the interruptions and communication overload. They spend all sorts of time reading books and searching for ways to improve their time management and personal productivit...
Read MoreArt of the Deal - The Rules of Negotiation
I negotiate with hundreds of people a year - both online and offline – haggling, whether it is with customers, suppliers, investors, or would-be employees. I can humbly say I learned over the years to negotiate like a “true master” though we all sometimes get into trouble - when something c...
Read MoreArt of the Deal - The Rules of Engagement
I meet thousands of people a year - both online and offline - and I am frankly flabbergasted how well educated and supposedly highly connected people are so awkward in engaging in business. For the most part, they think that just by soliciting you online – on LinkedIn or other social network ...
Read MoreUsing the Levers of Power: Art or Science?
“It is much safer to be feared than loved,” writes Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince, his classic 16th-century treatise advocating manipulation and occasional cruelty as the best means to power. Guided by centuries of advice like Machiavelli, we tend to believe that attaining power requires f...
Read MoreDo you Network Properly?
I used to love attending networking events and crowded conferences. I'm a bit of an extrovert and it always felt great networking with people of all walks of life and sizing up in a heartbeat who was real and who was a total waste of time. I realized later on that those networking events are a to...
Read MoreHow do you handle newly acquired wealth?
I am flabbergasted by how many seemingly smart people are inept at handling newly acquired wealth or how some can create a fortune exceeding $1 billion in a few years and then blow it all up faster than they acquired it. This goes for professional athletes, entrepreneurs, actors, rock stars and l...
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