I happen to be a fan of the government investing money into what is commonly called infrastructure projects. I strongly believe that any reasonable businessperson, even one who works for the government, should be able to invest money at 1% interest rates and get a better than 2% return on taxpayer money. But I think…
In 1995 we started Broadcast.com as AudioNet. In July of 1998 we took the company public. Within a year, 300 of our 330 employees were worth more than 1mm dollars in Broadcast.com stock. We became on of almost 300 companies to go public that year. We were one of about 125 to go public with…
Since a few people seem to be freaking out that I limited my example of those being subject to the bubble in private investments to Angels and Crowdfunding, I decided to do a part 2. They were right. I should have been clearer on just how extensive the abuse and impact of this bubble is….
Ah the good old days. Stocks up $25, $50, $100 more in a single day. Day trading was all the rage. Anyone and everyone you talked to had a story about how they had made a ton of money on such and such a stock. In an hour. Stock trading millionaires were being minted by…
There are no shortcuts in business. In order to be successful there are some things that you must know. These are not all of them by a long shot, but IMHO they are 6 of the most important 1. Know how to sell. Selling means being able to convey why your product or service,…
I couldn’t have asked for a better case to kick off loading SEC vs …. trial transcripts on this blog. But before I get into it, let me add some disclosures. I am not a lawyer. So take anything I say that might be construed as legal “advice” with pounds of salt. I’m not attempting…
I had the pleasure of going to an SMU Basketball game this past week. It wasn’t a huge game from a standings perspective. It wasn’t a big rivalry game. It wasn’t a game between 2 powerhouse teams. It was an important game as every game is for an up and coming team like SMU. But…
Now that i created a headline that got your attention. Sorry, this is a 140 character headline world, right ? I couldn’t resist writing about the irony of the race to be POTUS.. What are two of the biggest, if not the biggest issues in this presidential election ? Healthcare and the Economy Consider the…
Lets talk Facebook First, I’m not recommending to any of my companies that we leave facebook. I am recommending that we de-emphasize pushing consumers or partners to like us on FB and focus on building up our followings across all existing social media platforms and to evaluate those that we feel can grow a material…
Haven’t blogged in a while. So I decided to look back and pull out one of my first blog posts, from 2004. An oldie, but goodie ! The Number.I recommend that anyone with an interest in the market jump at the chance to buy it. In 1990, I sold my company, MicroSolutions which specialized in…
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