The sleep industry is BIG money! So why the hell hasn’t FaceBook.com started SleepBook.com? Stay with me here: The last time I slept well was in college. I slept on average 12 hours a day. If FaceBook is worth $2 billion for their University customers awake half the time, why not keep them online and …
From: April 2006
Apple – trends need catalysts – A CASE STUDY
Apple has almost always been cool, yet for much of it’s life, there was no money to be made in the stock despite the boom in stock prices for competitor’s like Dell and Microsoft. It is great if you discover the catalyst, but a catalyst alone will not make you money. The first person to …
Google, Microsoft and Stocks in general – some other opinions
Henry Blodget , someone with a little more experience than ME in the tech industry looks at Microsoft’s problems in the Internet business. Maybe they are “only partly dead” (Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride) . Bill Cara says you can make money off Microsoft’s plunge . I had said earlier in the week that …
Happy Birthday Max
Today my son Max is 7. Here is his plan: Play catch Pancakes Bowling Pizza Suns/Lakers Golf Movie Bed early so dad can watch Soprano’s (Ya Right!) Life is good.
Global Markets en Fuego!
Global Markets have been on fire, despite the negative headlines . Why? Who cares if you are a trend follower . The web is a great place to build a brand with little cost – Pete Cashmore explains Lot’s of Cash being put to work. Mr. Allen makes a case that IPO’s should swing back …
Beijing – CHA-ching?
The haves and have nots are the focus of Maoxian’s recent post. I note the 40 percent occupancy vs investor ratio and that rampant speculation is rampant speculation – IN ANY MARKET. Even our great bull markets in the 20th century were interrupted by stock market crashes and a depression.
Google is great…cont'd.
I forget how I found BuyGoogle.com, but each time I read it I like it better and better. I am by no means a technology expert, nor a market expert – just someone trying to interpret the tea leaves and find some trends and opportunities. When I find a blog that is worthy of reading …
Google is great! – The movie is 'Wise Guys'
When was the last time you said – “awesome dude” when you worked on Microsoft’s platform. I just had my third Google is awesome today searching with Google. It was bugging me that I could not remember the movie from my last post so I typed in – ‘thank you Mr. Akabano’. So I get …
CNBC – Welcome to our casino Mr. Akabano!
I forget the movie but the line and name have stuck with me through the years – “…no, thank-you Mr. Akabano.” Trader Mike – a web 2.0 blog for trader’s has latched on to the joke that is CNBC. Today Mike writes: “I love the ridiculousness of CNBC’s ‘portfolio’ challenge. They just interviewed the guy …
Apple…"It smells like Victory!"
I just took a walk over from my office to the Apple Store. No gloating, just business as usual. Humming along. Something in the air. Like Robert Duval says in “Apocalypse Now” – “It smells like victory!” By the way – Microsoft stock down 12 percent on the day and Apple stock up 2 percent …