I don’t get social gaming. Based on Zynga’s numbers , I am waaaaaay in the minority and that is pretty much all that matters. I don’t have anything against people playing ‘Farmville’ or ‘Scrabble’ or the thousand of other social games on line. I TWEET for god’s sake. I try to invest my time and …
From: September 2009
Deep Twitter Thoughts—-How Would You Spend Twitter's $100 million?
Yahoo is spending $100 million on an ad campaign. It should spend the money on a documentary to teach brands how to piss money away and ignore your customers. Now Twitter has $100 million. Maybe they will loan Yahoo the money for the campaign and T. Rowe Price will take a commission on it, but …
Deep Investing Thoughts…Hoard is the NEW Spend
I have been selling since the day I was born. I am not a good teacher, but I have learned a few things. I know my comfort zone. I love selling high risk. It’s easy…. ‘(Insert name here)…you are going to lose all your money.’ I have sold the whole spectrum of risk while raising …
Angel Investing Playbook….That’s Absurd!
I say ‘that’s absurd’ a lot when I talk about the stock market. The stock market is an absurd, mystical, living, breathing monster that feeds on our energy. As absurd as the market can be, so to is the life of an entrepreneur and investor. The best ‘TELL’ I know for angel investing is to …
Deep Market Thoughts…Overnight Success is a Myth!
I have no doubt that the mobile and social web are in inning TWO to borrow from my often used baseball analogy. The veteran venture capitalist in mobile will tell you horror stories and to stay away from this ‘Fekukta’ space, but I just think they were too early. The iPhone was day one of …
Deep Market Thoughts – Ready…Aim…Chase!?!?
I can totally understand the panic setting in on money managers as we head into the fourth quarter. I have been there, done that. Like stand-up comedy (although you don’t get paid for sucking), being a hedge fund manager and money manager can be pretty stressful day in day out. As I look at all …
Stockcamp…Here Is The Lowdown…October 2 Nasdaq Marketsite
On October 2 we are having our first StockCamp with Nasdaq at the Nasdaq Marketsite. Here is the Event Information and there is still room . Come and help us put names to the avatars. There is a great list of attendees and although the event will have plenty of time for meet and greet …
Under Pressure…Twitter Just Made It HARDER For Us All
The stakes just got raised in the venture business and the ‘real time’ web world. TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter ($twit ) has raised $50 million on a $1 billion valuation . Twitter’s great timing is great for Twitter and a few smart/lucky/hard working people focused on the real time web, but the pressure only …
American Express and The Recovery…Does the Connection Matter Anymore?
The answer is YES. I am not sure where the new bull market takes us…it is a bull market, but whatever new wealth I do acquire will be spent on Visa and now maybe Mastercard ( Long $V). The bank will be named shortly because I won’t give Capital One the time of day, let …
Stocktwits and Nasdaq Start StockCamps – October 2, 2009 – at Nasdaq MarketSite
On October 2, 2009, StockTwits will host StockCamp at the NASDAQ MarketSite — a physical gathering of NASDAQ Data Junkies collaborating and networking around trading strategies, tools, resources and other stock-related topics. What is StockCamp? StockCamp will bring together leading thinkers from the investing community including investors, traders, money mangers, analysts and overall stock enthusiasts. …