Comments on: The 100 Oldest Companies http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ravi mundra http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-18547 ravi mundra Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:26:43 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-18547 hi, i m from india and want to know india's oldest listed company also oldest company........pls help m searching since long back hi, i m from india and want to know india’s oldest listed company also oldest company……..pls help m searching since long back

]]> By: Shailesh patel http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-8164 Shailesh patel Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:41:40 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-8164 i am from India and i agree with you for your comment about India and china. i know one company of Gujarat name as "Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi" (Pedhi means company in local language) as per following link this company fecundated in 1720. http://jainsamaj.org/celebrities/kasturbhai.htm Most of information about India is stored in Book and ppl of India never visit museum or old book archival. i am from India and i agree with you for your comment about India and china. i know one company of Gujarat name as “Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi” (Pedhi means company in local language) as per following link this company fecundated in 1720.
http://jainsamaj.org/celebrities/kasturbhai.htm
Most of information about India is stored in Book and ppl of India never visit museum or old book archival.

]]> By: R Goddard http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4749 R Goddard Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:12:50 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-4749 "Despite the aura and glam surrounding start-ups, most of the businesses today — in the US and the world — are still family owned. They work in humdrum occupations such as food, lodging, fabrication — exactly the kind of businesses that the oldest 100 are in. It is not hard to imagine some hi-tech industries today (web design?) becoming the domain of family businesses in the future". Perhaps this highly informed audience of readers and group of august thinkers should see the documentary "Traces of the Trade" or read "Inheriting the Trade" to see how some of the oldest businesses in this country got there start. http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/ R Goddard, San Franciscan “Despite the aura and glam surrounding start-ups, most of the businesses today — in the US and the world — are still family owned. They work in humdrum occupations such as food, lodging, fabrication — exactly the kind of businesses that the oldest 100 are in. It is not hard to imagine some hi-tech industries today (web design?) becoming the domain of family businesses in the future”.

Perhaps this highly informed audience of readers and group of august thinkers should see the documentary “Traces of the Trade” or read “Inheriting the Trade” to see how some of the oldest businesses in this country got there start.
http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/
R Goddard, San Franciscan

]]> By: Gary Pavek http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4692 Gary Pavek Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:31:25 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-4692 Business Week also covered the demise of Kongo Gumi, that Japanese company that was founded in 1578. The article is here: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_589621.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5 or use this TinyURL link: http://tinyurl.com/34e58a During the real estate bubble, they borrowed heavily, saw their real estate holdings lose value, then their core business -- building Buddhist temples -- took a hit as donations dwindled. They finally had to sell out. Business Week also covered the demise of Kongo Gumi, that Japanese company that was founded in 1578. The article is here:

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_589621.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

or use this TinyURL link: http://tinyurl.com/34e58a

During the real estate bubble, they borrowed heavily, saw their real estate holdings lose value, then their core business — building Buddhist temples — took a hit as donations dwindled. They finally had to sell out.

]]> By: charlie http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 charlie Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:49:44 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-4688 I read in the Economist that the construction company was trying some risky financial dealings in the past years and business expansion. Eh. Didn't work. Sad to piss it all away in so short a time. I read in the Economist that the construction company was trying some risky financial dealings in the past years and business expansion.

Eh. Didn’t work.

Sad to piss it all away in so short a time.

]]> By: Jim R http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4668 Jim R Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:41:54 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-4668 Microsoft is 33, not 23. Founded in 1975. Microsoft is 33, not 23. Founded in 1975.

]]> By: Michael Tobis http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 Michael Tobis Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:55:40 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/06/13/the-100-oldest-companies/#comment-4667 There can't be a Canadian reading this who isn't bothered by it. At least I hope not. As a commenter points out on the referenced article, The Hudson's Bay Company, once Crown Corporation with the fur trapping license for North America and probably the largest non-sovereign private land holding in history, and now reduced to a more or less mundane department store chain, was founded in 1670. There can’t be a Canadian reading this who isn’t bothered by it. At least I hope not.

As a commenter points out on the referenced article, The Hudson’s Bay Company, once Crown Corporation with the fur trapping license for North America and probably the largest non-sovereign private land holding in history, and now reduced to a more or less mundane department store chain, was founded in 1670.

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