Scott Griffiths
CEO - 18/8 Fine Men's Salons
Professor - Grazadio School of Business and Management -
Pepperdine University
The University of California Irvine - Chief Executive Roundtable
Member - Luxury Council / Board - The Surf Heritage Foundation
If you believe as I do that life is something special and becomes more special when we squeeze as much nectar from it as possible…then this site is for you.
If you know that to be curious is to be interested, and to be interested is to be interesting; and if you believe that education comes from books and your experiences... then this site is for you.
If you enjoy the arts, cooking, and excellent foods; if you appreciate a handmade super-180 suit, a fine 25 year old Macallan’s with a vintage Cohiba; if you travel to other countries to learn their languages and cultures; and if you believe that business is what you create and build, not just what you manage…then this site is for you.
Along with my team and our readers, I will be posting interesting, intriguing, and useful articles on art, wine, spirits, travel, restaurants, and grooming, along with great recipes for guys and features exploring the subject of renaissance men. This site is for you as interesting and intriguing men…and men on the path to becoming more interesting and intriguing...
In our newest column, Alexa will be offering the advice you need to become an 18/8 man; that man who is well-versed and cultured, who knows how to impress and captivate a smart woman, and who wants to be the best that he can be.
What 18/8 Man does not appreciate a Bond Girl? -Scott
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The James Bond series will celebrate its 50th anniversary Friday. In honor, the folks over at The Credits put together a graphic highlighting all of the women in the spy’s life.
From Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore to Halle Berry’s Jinx, take a look at all of Bond’s leading ladies:
Infographic by The Credits
Could this be the moment that television officially lost its spot as America’s favorite medium? A survey by InMobi, a mobile ad company, of 1,055 people asked how much time they spend interacting with all forms of media.
Users responded that they watched TV for 141 minutes a day. But they spent 144 minutes a day—26% of the nine hours they used various media—within their phones.
And, of course, they turned it into an infographic:
Credit Season has created an awesome infographic that charts modern american financial history from the stock market crash in 1929, to the present day state of the economy.
Running below is a graph of the unemployment rate, GDP growth, and the rising national debt for the same period.
Click to view larger: http://www.businessinsider.com/modern-american-financial-history-infographic-2012-7?op=1#ixzz21BSKDke9
