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Inside a Supermodel's Suicide

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Han Mi-hee / Yonhap / AP Photo Hours before she was found dead of an apparent suicide last week, Korean supermodel and Chanel muse Daul Kim reached out to a ...

From PETER DAVIS, The Daily Beast,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Daul Kim,  Chanel,  112 (musician),  Karl Lagerfeld,  Alexander McQueen

The man with a £10m tongue

What do you reckon your taste buds are worth? For many who lived their student days on a diet of curries and chilli kebabs, the answer is perhaps in the low single figures. For Gennaro Pelliccia, it is £10 million. That is the figure his employer Costa ...

From PETER DAVY, Times Online,  17 Nov 2009

The man to call in a crisis

If you are going into the jungle, Graham Ramsden is the man you would want to go with. That is the judges’ opinion of the 40-year-old Yorkshireman. Ramsden, who has a background in improving call centres, is not an obvious choice for an expedition ...

From PETER DAVY, Times Online,  2 Nov 2009

Reviving ‘Esther’ and Reaffirming a Mission

THE New York City Opera, ornery and independent as ever, opens its abbreviated fall season on Saturday evening in the newly renovated David H. Koch Theater with a revival of Hugo Weisgall’s last opera, “Esther.” “Inexplicable,” a recent editorial in ...

From PETER G. DAVIS, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New York City Opera,  Hugo Weisgall,  David H. Koch,  Metropolitan Opera,  Juilliard School

Fashion's Night On Probation

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Marc by Marc Jacobs publicist Tim Garcia pairs a Gucci jacket with his house-arrest ankle bracelet for Fashion Week. Timothy Mark Depakakibo Garcia, a ...

From PETER DAVIS, The Daily Beast,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Cartier,  Marc by Marc Jacobs (designer),  Hermes (designer),  Alexander McQueen,  Sergio Rossi

The Last Days of DJ AM

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. The drug overdose of celebrity deejay Adam Goldstein last week shocked his friends and fans. Fab Five Freddy, DJ Lindsay Luv, and others recall his legacy. When ...

From PETER DAVIS, The Daily Beast,  31 Aug 2009
Related Topics: MTV,  Nicole Richie,  Facebook Inc.,  Samantha Ronson,  Mark Ronson

Make Sure Your VC Isn't A Jerk

From Venture Made Transparent: I was recently on a panel of VCs discussing the fundraising process with a room full of entrepreneurs.  I always find these types of panels interesting because 1) it's one of the few forums in which VCs compare notes ...

From MARK PETER DAVIS, Silicon Alley Insider,  4 Aug 2009

How To Finance Your Startup

From Venture Made Transparent: How an entrepreneur finances his or her company is one of the most critical decisions that they will make during the course of their startup.  The structure of their financing will be one of the key drivers of their ...

From MARK PETER DAVIS, Silicon Alley Insider,  16 Jul 2009

Music: An Orderly Career, Hardly Ordinary

IN the heyday of the LP, from 1950 or so to 1980, exclusive contracts with major record labels were the norm for noted musicians, and an entire generation of artists preserved their works in quantity. Pianists were especially plentiful, and collectors ...

From PETER G. DAVIS, The New York Times,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: Richard Goode,  Mitsuko Uchida,  Van Cliburn

How To Get VCs Eating Out Of The Palm Of Your Hand

In a prior post I wrote about How The Best VCs Interact With Entrepreneurs.  I am now turning the tables and offering some thoughts about the best practices for entrepreneurs. While the following list is not complete, perfect or without exception, ...

From MARK PETER DAVIS, Silicon Alley Insider,  18 Feb 2009

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