Yesterday on Twitter I decided it was time to make public stock symbols of $twit and $fbook. In the tech blog world they are talked about as much as any other web/tech companies. Public or not, that is important and there are some valuable discussions going on that can explain otrher trends in software, hosting, …

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What if the market just turned Monday morning and as good as everything looked in the greasy world of $c, $aig, $fnm etc started looking bad (it won’t). What if, there is no stick to the money being poured into the financial system and everyone comes home from labor day knowing that the jobs are …

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I was joking with a friend At Royal Bank of Canada yesterday that there are no financial rules anymore. For instance, the financial quagmire and debt we owe to China should end in war, but could just end in us selling them Alaska. The Chinese would be dumb to keep buying Treasuries and have already …

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Aaron Task and I had a fun interview on Social networking and Stocktwits. I think we do a great back and forth of the key questions and answers that make Stocktwits such an engaging product. Here you go

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I love Stocktwits and I live and breathe ‘Social Leverage’. Today was one of those days where all the hard work pays off. My job is fun. That’s a payoff each day I wake up. Investing in and running startups is not glamorous. As I write this Phil Pearlman is snoring next to me in …

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As the negativity and complaints grow about our government interventions and Goldman Sachs $GS insider treatment and behavior, I realize that people just deserve to lose money in the market. Of course we are fuck$@%d by the intervention, maybe not in this life, but in a generation to come. Yes, you can’t just print money …

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As entrepreneurs, writers and bloggers we all seek traction. Traction for our ideas, words and products. At Stocktwits we believe that talent rises really fast, especially for those with talent sharing ideas. We have a very niche firehose that will grow and grow and it is up to the community and us at Stocktwits to …

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My son Max’s best friends have a band. Like all bands that make it BIG, they have a hook. The band members are triplets. It does not hurt that they can reallly play, are so freaking cute and are having a blast. The Fender blog is offering up their debut . The meat of the …

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WTF with Nokia $nok? Back in 1998, they owned me. I was a slave to my Nokia. Finalnd was the New Silicon Valley or Iceland or something. Today, it is pathetic. While we lambaste Yahoo, Banks and Airlines, Nokia has snuck up on asshat corporation of the century. It’s time to start with the Finalnd …

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Great article and title with a ton of truthiness in The Wall Street Journal declaring ‘The New American Dream…Renting . Read it. I have spent a good part of the summer in San Diego and Coronado and can guarantee you unless foreigners step up the buying…prices are not near lows. With California property taxes as …

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