Before I get started… I pushed it hard for two weeks in New York and I am exhausted. I will be back in New York the week of the 15th and Toronto for my mom’s 80th so I need some rest. My diet was awful and I feel awful. New York food is my curse. …
From: October 2021
SOHO and Collaborations
Before I get started , I was up in midtown today to meet with my friends Jason Wild and Todd Harrison and we caught up on the Cannabis industry (it was all talk and no ingest or inhale). Todd took me to P.J. Clarke’s after the meeting and holy shit, the burger and fries were …
Just Another Day in Manhattan
I have a couple more hectic days in New York. The weather continues to be incredible. Wednesday eve my buddy Jim Payne treated some friends to dinner at Per Se in Columbus Circle. I had to buy a tie but it was worth it. Thanks Jim! I spent the afternoon yesterday mid town meetings around …
David Sacks of Craft Ventures on the Future of Social-Audio, Jewish Mothers, and a Thousand Unicorns (EP.173)
This week’s episode features a new friend, David Sacks. Maybe you’ve heard of PayPal? David was their first COO. He’s part of the ‘Paypal Mafia’ that includes Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Max Levchin. David’s the founder of Yammer (acquired by Microsoft for $1 billion), turned around Zenefits as interim CEO, and founded Craft Ventures. …
Beware The Race To Vanguardize and Marketize Venture Returns
Good morning everyone. As this boom has continued endlessly, it seems like every American has either become a speculator, a seed investor or a Venture Capitalist. I’m not one to cast dispersions as I have become all three myself. Today I’ll comment on what I see happening in the large Venture Capital market. When WeWork …
Two CryptoPunks Walk Into A Restaurant In New York
I was up late last night changing my schedule to account for the massive storm about to hit New York City. It is 7 am EST now and I am up writing this blog and glad I did. I don’t want to be going to meetings today. A rain storm is pounding the city. I …
Momentum Monday – Liquidity, Liquidity, Liquidity…The Startup Multiplier Effect and The SPAC is Back?
As a reminder, Marketsmith (by Investor’s Business Daily) is now a sponsor of the weekly show. All the charts you have been seeing in the videos and will continue to see are from Marketsmith. They are offering my readers a three week trial for $19.95. Click this link if you would like to try it out. Good Monday morning …
Sunday Reads and Listens… HyperInflation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No links today …just me screaming ‘hyperinflation’ because everyone else seems to be. Global Macro economist Jack Dorsey (who also co-founded Twitter, and Square) says hyperinflation is upon us. I said: Jack has good data, but so does every armchair fintwit and Stocktwits quarterback that can read a price chart. And there are price charts …
Keeping Up With News and Markets With Koyfin
Our portfolio company Koyfin is my favorite product for keeping up with market prices and fundamentals and now news. I have purchased the new Apple desktops for the sole purpose of getting the most out of Koyfin. Here are the details on the updated news feature launches and how to set it up. I am …
Speculation Is Entertainment Continued…and Thank God It’s Friday
Thanks God it’s Friday. I pushed it hard this week. If you don’t believe me ask Don Nitti who now works with me on all things Social Leverage: Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Ritholtz Wealth offices to do a video/podcast with Josh and Michael Batnick two of my favorite people with a very popular YouTube …