Parsad Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Hi Folks, Tomorrow is the 11th Anniversary of the board. So, what could be a better anniversary gift than hearing Steve Cohan may soon finally have to close shop! In it's former incarnation, "The MSN Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Board", was simply someplace for me and a few of my Berkshire friends to hangout. It grew to become a safe haven for Fairfax Financial shareholders during the epic (at least in our minds) bear raid in 2003 after Fairfax listed in New York. I've made a ton of wonderful friends on here, and it's catalogued my experiences, both in life and the investment community. So thank you for listening and being my friend! I used to do occasional interviews with people related to the value-investing community. So I thought I would include all of the interviews conducted. There was one from Irwin Michaels as well, but after a couple of revisits and revisions, he was still unhappy with the end product, so we nixed the interview...unfortunately, I cannot include it. But it certainly is fun reading some of these interviews from back then...hope you enjoy them! Cheers!Interview_With_Mohnish_Pabrai_-_October_21_2003.pdfInterview_With_John_Zemanovich_-_November_14_2003.pdfInterview_With_Amitabh_Singhi.pdfInterview_With_Andy_Kilpatrick_-_July_17_2003.pdfInterview_With_Tim_McElvaine_-_January_18_2005.pdfInterview_With_John_Linnartz_-_April_3_2009.pdfInterview_With_Sardar_Biglari_-_October_27_2004.pdfInterview_With_Jonathan_Wellum_-_June_5_2003.pdfInterview_With_Larry_Sarbit_-_July_29_2004.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyten1 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclecticvalue Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Happy Anniversary!!! Would you like give updates about the board now and the future of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy1 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Parsad, Really need to thank you for starting this board! This is the place I learned the most about investing and about learning to invest. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Wow, 11 years! I'm such a grasshopper compared to the old breed here. Happy birthday to CBF, thank you Parsad for all that you do to keep this place the best investing community on the net, and thanks to everybody who contributes! I've learned so much from all of you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sanjeev, congratulations and happy anniversary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkp007 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Congratulations! You have something very special here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombgrt Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Congratulations! This is an amazing community to be a part of, thank you. Wow, 11 years! I'm such a grasshopper compared to the old breed here. Happy birthday to CBF, thank you Parsad for all that you do to keep this place the best investing community on the net, and thanks to everybody who contributes! I've learned so much from all of you. :) I was 12 when Parsad and his friends started posting so consider me a fellow grasshopper. ;o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
value-is-what-you-get Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Congratulations Sanjeev and thanks to all the contributors from whom I've learned a lot - at no cost at all. As our esteemed host is both humble and gracious, and I am not, I would like to challenge anyone who has ever made any money from this forum to contribute $11 as a token thanks for 11 years of outstanding ideas and discourse. Just click on the Donations button, spray a little WD40 on those rusty wallet hinges and fork over $11 bucks. It will all go to a good cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Happy Anniversary!!! Would you like give updates about the board now and the future of it? Oh, it will continue as long as I'm alive! I love hanging out with you guys, and I have a blast being able to communicate with so many people. It will continue to evolve at a sloth-like pace, as it has for the last 11 years. I want to maintain a sense of community, so we'll get larger slowly. The boards will continue to be monitored as they have been. I'm still looking at the best ways to make the site mobile. The cheaper and free ways of setting up a site for mobile browsers doesn't work as well with the Simple Machines software and layout. I think it's going to be costly, so it may be a little longer before we do that. I'll let you guys know of any other updates as they happen, if any. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Investmentacct Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Congratulations and big Thank you to Parsad for making this community what it has been. Rgds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hellsten Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thank you Sanjeev. This board is one of the few sites I check on a daily basis. The quality of the content and discussions here is invaluable :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmsted Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Wow - thanks to all those (especially Sanjeev) who make this place great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEast Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Has it really been 11 years already!! It feels just like the other day that I finished battling with BrogallaBoy, or whatever his handle was, about FFH on the old Stockhouse.ca message board. Cheers JEast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txlaw Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Well done! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookingstill Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thank you Sanjeev. This board is one of the few sites I check on a daily basis. The quality of the content and discussions here is invaluable :) +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks for all you do, Sanj. This place is a wonderful place and I'm sure it'll continue to be. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopinath Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks Sanjeev for this wonderful operation! Also to everyone who contributes regularly on this site! I learnt so much/made lot of money based on some of your ideas! Feel little bad as I don't contribute as much as others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thank you Sanjeev! The best board is here! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compoundinglife Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Happy Anniversary!!! Would you like give updates about the board now and the future of it? Oh, it will continue as long as I'm alive! I love hanging out with you guys, and I have a blast being able to communicate with so many people. It will continue to evolve at a sloth-like pace, as it has for the last 11 years. I want to maintain a sense of community, so we'll get larger slowly. The boards will continue to be monitored as they have been. I'm still looking at the best ways to make the site mobile. The cheaper and free ways of setting up a site for mobile browsers doesn't work as well with the Simple Machines software and layout. I think it's going to be costly, so it may be a little longer before we do that. I'll let you guys know of any other updates as they happen, if any. Cheers! Out of curiosity have you looked at: http://tapatalk.com/activate_tapatalk.php They have SMF plugin which appears to be free, then users buy the client app from the app store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukawa Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Somebody mentioned this under the book section ... this is the Mastermind that Napolean Hill talks about! Its a wonderful site. If you need money to make the site mobile you should organize a donation drive....I am sure you will raise the money easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riju_easow Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Congrats. What you guys have created is absolutely amazing and priceless. A big Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FFHfan Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thank you Sanjeev. This board is one of the few sites I check on a daily basis. The quality of the content and discussions here is invaluable :) +1 Thanks Sanjeev. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Happy Anniversary!!! Would you like give updates about the board now and the future of it? Oh, it will continue as long as I'm alive! I love hanging out with you guys, and I have a blast being able to communicate with so many people. It will continue to evolve at a sloth-like pace, as it has for the last 11 years. I want to maintain a sense of community, so we'll get larger slowly. The boards will continue to be monitored as they have been. I'm still looking at the best ways to make the site mobile. The cheaper and free ways of setting up a site for mobile browsers doesn't work as well with the Simple Machines software and layout. I think it's going to be costly, so it may be a little longer before we do that. I'll let you guys know of any other updates as they happen, if any. Cheers! Out of curiosity have you looked at: http://tapatalk.com/activate_tapatalk.php They have SMF plugin which appears to be free, then users buy the client app from the app store. Thanks Compoundinglife, I'll try that one. I tried 3 other ones, and unfortunately if they are free or cheaper, they don't allow you to really organize the posts in an effective manner, or the appearance was useless. I'll let you know how this one works. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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