From: August 2009

Ten Startup Commandments

I love this post from Biggie Smalls re his TEN start-up commandments. You have to have your own style, and I think BIggie is a little extreme, especially where the web is concerned, but you can’t argue with success. My faves: ”Never sell no crack where you rest at” “That credit…forget it”. So true and …

How Much Transparency is Enough in the Markets

The biggest arguments waged on the markets center on transparency these days. Stocktwits is not excluded from this. It seems like until 2005-2006 when financial blogging started to take off, there was NO financial transparency. Nobody seemed to care. The rich poured money into hedge funds since the early 90’s for the ‘priviledge’ of being …

Lifelock Raises Big Round

I love the product and marketing genius of Lifelock and although they have moved from ‘Too Small To Fail’ from when I invested 3 years ago to ‘How Did They Get That Big We Need to Destroy Them’ (Transunion, Equifax et al), it has been a fun and wild ride. Here is the news of …

CNBC Dying as Collateral Damage?

I am not sure if CNBC is just killing itself, or people are finally tired of the noise during the financial crisis and just leaving, but according to the latest Nielsen’s Ratings, their viewership is down 28 percent . As I tweeted, this warms my cockles, Tyler’s as well: The bloodbath at GE’s propaganda station …