ICE Chief: A ‘Chess Master’ With Sharp Elbows December 20, 2012, 6:08 p.m. ET . By JACOB BUNGE The takeover deal for NYSE Euronext could put a former race-car driver behind the wheel of the Big Board.The play by Atlanta-based...
Seeking life lessons from chess
The Game Of Life Manishi Raychaudhuri’s passion for chess extends to seeking life lessons from the sport Ajita Shashidhar Whenever Manishi Raychaudhuri is in London, which is not uncommon, he always visits Chess & Bridge, a quaint shop tucked away on...
What chess can teach us about BPM and CRM
Q&A: What chess can teach us about BPM and CRMJason StamperPublished 01 November 2012 You were quite a renowned chess player before you started Pegasystems. Did that inform your thinking at all?I think chess is interesting because it’s a...
Losing is part of life
Losing is part of life, says ex-chess championStaff ReporterHYDERABAD, August 13, 2012 Mr. Trefler, drew parallels between life and chess. “You learn a lot in life from chess. When I was learning chess from my father, I would change...
The Best Chess Players In The Business World
The Best Chess Players In The Business WorldGus Lubin and Samantha Cortez|Jun. 21, 2012, 1:10 PM Games like bridge, poker, and chess are great for business. These games all use methods that can can be incorporated into the way...
Turn chess skills into money making venture
New hedge fund on Long Island Friday January 7, 2011 12:31 PM By Joseph Mallia Long Island has a new hedge fund, based in Bohemia. It’s called the Genius Hedge Fund, led by three partners who met through their...
Netflix CEO, chess player and fortune-teller
Netflix CEO, chess player and fortune-teller “The key here is to be a good chess player. The key to business strategy is to separate real threats from others. Blockbuster was concerned about VOD . They saw DVD by mail...
Chess and Business
Chess Master CEOPegasystems’ Alan Trefler on incorporating chess strategies to the job.http://video.forbes.com/fvn/intelligent-technology/pegasystem-chess-master-ceo?partner=email Special thanks to Olav Athayde for sending us the link Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess in business
Using tech to dodge checkmateReal Estate Connect Speaker Profile: Spencer Rascoff BY INMAN NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008. Spencer Rascoff is chief operating officer at Zillow, a real estate valuation, search, marketing and information Web site that consistently ranks...
Focus on squares
Look at business as chess – focus on squares, not piecesBy Cecil JohnsonMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceTucson, Arizona Published: 04.26.2008 Novice chess players, says chess aficionado and versatile businessman Bob Rice, look at a chessboard and see a confrontational array of...