Joshua Kennon » douwe egberts http://www.joshuakennon.com Thoughts on Business, Politics, and Life from a Private Investor Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:42:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Importance of Frugality in Building Wealth http://www.joshuakennon.com/the-importance-of-frugality-in-building-wealth/ http://www.joshuakennon.com/the-importance-of-frugality-in-building-wealth/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:19:37 +0000 Joshua Kennon http://www.joshuakennon.com/?p=920

The Importance of Frugality in Building Wealth

I was up until 6:30 this morning reading Stop Acting Rich … By Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D., the author of the incredibly successful The Millionaire Next Door and The Millionaire Mind.  It’s remarkable because so much of what the “average” millionaire did to achieve his or her wealth is exactly, precisely the same things I, [...]

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Stereotypical Casino Food

This afternoon, Ruby stopped by and asked me to go to the casino with her.  I always enjoy spending time with family and was happy to do so, despite my general distaste for casinos (as an investor, I know the probability tables and payout ratios for most of the games; I love owning casino stocks [...]

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]]> http://www.joshuakennon.com/the-casino-buffet/feed/ 0 The Douwe Egberts Coffee Machine at Headquarters http://www.joshuakennon.com/douwe-egberts-coffee/ http://www.joshuakennon.com/douwe-egberts-coffee/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:13:50 +0000 Joshua Kennon http://www.joshuakennon.com/?p=465

The Douwe Egberts Coffee Machine at Headquarters

One of the first things I did when my original company became successful was to order a Douwe Egberts coffee machine for the breakroom.  For the uninitiated, Douwe Egberts coffee is the best in the world.  There are no exceptions.  In fact, I was visiting someone in a town called Branson, Missouri several years ago [...]

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