Archive for February, 2011

• Social Leverage, Social Proof and ‘Vertical is the New Horizontal’
  Posted by Howard on February 28th, 2011 at 9:46 pm, Comments: 25 comments

  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 [...]

• The US Dollar is Drek…and getting Drekker!
  Posted by Howard on February 27th, 2011 at 10:56 pm, Comments: 32 comments

  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 [...]

• My Thoughts on Marketing and Advertising
  Posted by Howard on February 27th, 2011 at 8:07 am, Comments: 74 comments

  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 [...]

• The Facebook Brain Drain and Google as a Value Stock…Problem?
  Posted by Howard on February 25th, 2011 at 11:08 pm, Comments: 33 comments

  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 [...]

• Stocktwits Happy Hour in NYC – This Monday
  Posted by Howard on February 19th, 2011 at 11:22 pm, Comments: 25 comments

  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 [...]

• IPO’s, Private Markets and Risk Prisons
  Posted by Howard on February 19th, 2011 at 10:01 am, Comments: 21 comments

  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 [...]

• Bubbles…Pyramid Schemes…Chain Letters…Oh My!
  Posted by Howard on February 17th, 2011 at 11:26 pm, Comments: 34 comments

  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 [...]

• Lullabies, Lollipops and Liquidations…The Circle of Life
  Posted by Howard on February 16th, 2011 at 11:22 pm, Comments: 25 comments

  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 [...]

• The Rich are Early and Late…Because They can Afford to Be
  Posted by Howard on February 14th, 2011 at 10:05 pm, Comments: 39 comments

  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 [...]

• ‘Blue Horseshoe’ Loves the Activity Streams
  Posted by Howard on February 13th, 2011 at 8:26 am, Comments: 45 comments

  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 [...]

• I am a ‘Happy Bull’ and a Cranky Capitalist
  Posted by Howard on February 12th, 2011 at 2:30 pm, Comments: 27 comments

  There are a lot of unhappy bears and bubble callers as we start 2011. The LA Times is calling this bull run the unhappiest ever. [...]

• Merger Monday is Awesome…Congrats Huffington Post and Steve Case is the New Grinch
  Posted by Howard on February 6th, 2011 at 10:59 pm, Comments: 11 comments

  I rarely look at The Huffington Post but my friend Tim O’Brien left The New York Times last month and is now National Editor over [...]

• Join Stocktwits Tomorrow at The NYSE…’News Dissemination in a Social Finance World’
  Posted by Howard on February 6th, 2011 at 7:16 am, Comments: 19 comments

  StockTwits is proud to present “News Dissemination in a Social Finance World”. A panel of experts from the traditional financial media world will discuss the [...]

• ‘Eat People’ with Andy Kessler…12 Rules for Entrepreneurs and Investors to Find the Next Big Thing!
  Posted by Howard on February 3rd, 2011 at 10:16 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  I am a big Andy Kessler fan and after this interview, a bigger one of his dog. With all the noise in our daily lives, [...]

• Too The Clouds Alice
  Posted by Howard on February 3rd, 2011 at 12:16 am, Comments: No comments yet

  It turns out, there is no money in the moon. It is in the clouds. Amazing what you can store in the cloud and how [...]