Archive for May, 2009

• Google Wave…The Twitter IPO That Should Have Been
  Posted by Howard on May 29th, 2009 at 12:47 am, Comments: 7 comments

  I told twitter to do an IPO. Instead, Biz and Ev went on a world tour. You should not do Roadshows unless you are GETTING [...]

• TubeMogul 2.0: Democratizing Video Metrics
  Posted by Howard on May 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Howard (a board member and early investor) was kind enough to lend us this space to plug our latest announcement: the launch of TubeMogul 2.0. [...]

• The Godfathers of Social Networking?…OY
  Posted by Howard on May 26th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  No one is more bullish than me on Social Networks and Social Leverage, but when I watched this video of Zuckerberg, Yuri and Michael Arrington [...]

• Twitter Goes Hollywood and Nerds Go Ballistic
  Posted by Howard on May 25th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  Mike Arrington took some time off from making up stories about Sequoia in China, Digg being acquired and Last FM/CBS to whine about Twitter going [...]

• 'Almost Stocktwits TV'…Launches Tomorrow at 9AM EST on BlogTalkRadio
  Posted by Howard on May 25th, 2009 at 10:20 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I am testing out an interactive internet radio idea for answering stock, stock market and entrepreneurial questions. My first show will be tomorrow morning at [...]

• How to Launch a Twitter Business – Threadless
  Posted by Howard on May 24th, 2009 at 7:41 am, Comments: 1 comment

  I am seriously impressed by the Threadless launch of Twitter Tees . I only know @jeffrey from the Threadless crew, but he is wicked smart. [...]

• How to Throw a Kid's Party…GameTruck
  Posted by Howard on May 21st, 2009 at 3:52 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  You just can’t beat this if your son is between 8-14 years old: Share on StockTwits

• Twitter is our Id, Facebook is our Ego
  Posted by Howard on May 19th, 2009 at 10:12 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  Roger cranked out a post with the same title after our lunch today . There are MANY things wrong with Twitter, but I don’t care [...]

• Stocktwits Closes and A Round of Financing
  Posted by Howard on May 18th, 2009 at 3:53 am, Comments: 21 comments

  We are happy to announce that True Ventures has invested in Stocktwits to help us build and Grow faster. It is fun to be an [...]

• Failure is Everywhere…Don't Underestimate Collateral Damage
  Posted by Howard on May 16th, 2009 at 6:07 am, Comments: No comments yet

  When we look back on years 2008 to at least 2010 we will see much written about collateral damage. I am already a victim in [...]

• Gametruck…There is ALWAYS a Market for Great Ideas
  Posted by Howard on May 8th, 2009 at 11:41 pm, Comments: 1 comment

  I am not an investor in

• Open Letter to CNBC…I Don't Hate You… I Love Your Profits!
  Posted by Howard on May 7th, 2009 at 12:10 am, Comments: No comments yet

  I could give a rat’s ass about CNBC the Company or people. CNBC’s tagline around the world is ‘MUTE’. I do care about their profits. [...]

• Crocs (CROX)…Cheap in the $30's and Expensive at $4…I Love The Stock Market!
  Posted by Howard on May 5th, 2009 at 10:12 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  In the good old days of 2006 and 2007, Crocs (CROX) was one of my big holdings. Life was easy. You bought stocks at all-time [...]

• An 'Inconceivable' Rally…..
  Posted by Howard on May 3rd, 2009 at 11:48 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  In March, the world was ending. I am proud of my ‘Beach Call ‘ the morning of March 9th. Today, the stock market will not [...]

• Embracing the 'Dinosaur' Within
  Posted by Howard on May 3rd, 2009 at 6:11 am, Comments: No comments yet

  My first niece, now 19, is visiting Phoenix for the month on an ‘internship’ (I yell at people and she has been watching). It’s only [...]