I live and breathe Social Leverage . I got started out making cold calls for a brokerage firm pitching Blockbuster and Compaq shares (R.I.P) and let me tell you…I love me some social web! Before the phone, nothing was harder than door to door. Before the door to door…strapping notes to a pigeon carrier was …

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The Canadian dollar, the lowly ‘Loonie’, is now well over par on the US dollar. Zynga dollars may be worth more soon. It does not feel that long ago when the Canadian dollar was worth about 60 cents. I have written about this trend since 2006 and a lot in 2007. I have had money …

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Seth Godin says about Marketing: Marketing is the name we use to describe the promises a company makes, the story it tells, the authentic way it delivers on that promise. Fred Wilson wrote a few pieces on ‘Marketing’ this weekend and it set off a meme and some great comments on his blog. I will …

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In this market, $goog has become a value stock and I have become a value investor…Zoink! There are a shitload of three year old and less Facebook resumes and their new business plans floating around. I see ’em. You can’t blame people for leaving Facebook. The last three years have been a rocketship. If you …

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The market’s closed and we are partying. In a different social network twist….WOMEN will be attending. Please join me, The StockTwits Crew and a cast of favorites on President’s Day, Monday February 21 for a StockTwits Happy Hour & some raucous spirits. Details… When: Monday February 21, 2011 @ 5:30PM Where: Antaractica – 287 Hudson …

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Head over to Fred Wilson’s post today for a good read on the IPO market and private market debate that’s been heating up. I have already chimed in and have much more to say. In the saddest news of the last 5 years in American Capitalism…Angelo Mozilo wont go to prison because too many other …

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Mark Cuban is calling today’s market a pyramid scheme and the VC market a chain letter. He has every right to. The market has always been a pyramid scheme. He is doing his best to warn people that this monster bull run won’t end well. That’s cool. He’s right. But, you have to admit, this …

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My son is at a fantastic age. He is growing up but he has the heart of a boy, just like his dad. He and I will drink ICEE’s and eat Sours to our graves. On our way home from Chipotle’s today he was chattering away in the back, DJ ing for me in the …

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There are those with the money and egos that need to be early and those with the money and egos that are happy to be late. The pattern is almost always the same with Corporate America as well. Ignore…pile in. We are not yet in the pile in phase and the corporate cash coffers are …

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The world of inside information is under attack again from the FBI and SEC. I believe they are only about 10 years behind. While they catch a few wrongdoers, the age of ‘social signal’ is upon us. There will be no damning phone calls or paper trails in the new age of inside information. There …

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