Monday, October 15, 2012

Red Bull: By the Numbers

Commands 43% of the US energy drink market.
Sold 4.6 Billion Cans of Red Bull in 2011.
2011 revenue of $5.5 Billion, a third of which the company says they put back into marketing.

Yes, now I understand how RB can afford to do so much cool stuff.  Keep on, keepin' on!  I would be curious how Monster's numbers would stack up against RB's?

Source: Newsweek, Red Bull Goes to Space

Monday, October 8, 2012

Do Not Confuse the Two...


“The criminality is astounding ... You have a complete confusion between principal and principle.”
   - S.B. Lewis (Jan 27, 1939 - present) speaking about corruption within banking and the stock market

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Occam's Razor

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.
   -William of Occam (1300-1350)

Some how, references to Occam's Razor seem to keep coming up in my life...