Reading Warren Buffet has taught me that we can write great material addressing serious business issues AND do so in an entertaining way.  Monthly and Quarterly board reports do not need to be so boring and dry all the time.  We can have some fun with them.  Please.

“A hugely important event in Berkshire’s history occurred on a Saturday in 1985.  Ajit Jain came into our office in Omaha – and I immediately knew we had a found a superstar.  (He had been discovered by Mike Goldberg, now elevated to St. Mike.)

We immediately put Ajit in charge of National Indemnity’s small and struggling reinsurance operation.  Over the years, he has built this business into a one-of-a-kind giant in the insurance world.

If Charlie, I and Ajit are ever in a sinking boat – and you can only save one of us – swim to Ajit.” – Warren Buffet in his letter to Shareholders on February 26, 2010.