Diego Segura

I recently stumbled upon this documentary about the “New Millionaires in Germany,” which included one of the Elevator Boys from TikTok. He said that he makes around 100k a month now but acknowledged that he was able to reach this point because his dad works in investment banking.

Instead of pursuing bold acquisitions, he is now locked in pedestrian squabbles with cable operators and union leaders who refuse to be swayed, let alone charmed.

The only regulations are those which are required in a free market: those which prevent fraudulent, harmful, and dishonest activities

Why did you write the series of factoring books?

I saw an opportunity. I couldn’t believe there was virtually nothing written about factoring when I entered the field, and knew I could make a contribution.

Ultimately, Proenza’s fortunes unravelled for many of the same reasons so many of its peers are no longer in business: misallocation of funds, disagreements with investors, seismic shifts in the industry at large, and a fashion ecosystem that did a poor job of preparing young designers for the realities of entrepreneurship.

Velez’s clothes are thrashed, harsh, and even imply some kind of violence. She isn’t interested in “beauty” in the old-fashioned sense of the fashion industry, but in the chaotic multiplicities contained within femininity, even as women are portrayed exclusively as victims in the media.

Let’s assume for a moment, though, that between the two sales, Paramount walks away with $4.5 billion in cash. Paramount has $13.5 billion of net debt, as of March 31. If Bakish decided to use the $4.5 billion in cash from the sales of S&S and BET to pay down that debt—always a good use of cash—Paramount would still have $9 billion in debt. On the... See more