Archive for March, 2011

• Bernacke Stole My Crispy Crunch
  Posted by Howard on March 30th, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Comments: 7 comments

  For decades, I had the joy of tossing around American $5 bills at convenience stores in Canada to the respect and awe of the lovely [...]

• Ebay and The Telephone are Cool Again…WTF!
  Posted by Howard on March 29th, 2011 at 8:57 am, Comments: 2 comments

  I am 45 years old but in web years it seems like 1,000 already. Ebay was dead.  Like completely. Now they are almost cool again.  [...]

• Introducing the StockTwits Plugin for Seesmic Desktop
  Posted by Howard on March 28th, 2011 at 1:01 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  We are excited to introduce the new StockTwits Plugin for Seesmic Desktop. The new plugin allows our members to follow their favorite StockTwits streams along with their [...]

• The ONLY ‘Bubble’ is at The Government and Federal Reserve
  Posted by Howard on March 28th, 2011 at 2:18 am, Comments: 1 comment

  Sadly, the New York Times has decided to glob onto the hysterical headlines ‘Is This a New Technology Bubble‘ and the ‘meme’ is on! It’s [...]

• Does Your Startup Need to be Massive?
  Posted by Howard on March 23rd, 2011 at 6:54 am, Comments: 5 comments

  in 2008, I was using every speaking chance I was offered to preach that there was never a better time to start a web business. [...]

• AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint…Who the F@*k Cares
  Posted by Howard on March 20th, 2011 at 11:47 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  When I started my first business in 1992, one of our biggest line items was telephone. Now, with 20 people at Stocktwits, there is no [...]

• The Internet ‘Black Swan’…
  Posted by Howard on March 20th, 2011 at 12:31 am, Comments: 14 comments

  The writers and venture capitalists are calling this a new ‘bubble’ but really we are in a ‘Black Swan’ internet situation. Taleb defines a ‘Black [...]

• What were YOU Doing March 9, 2009 …and Why Blogging Is the Best Retirement Investment You Can Make!
  Posted by Howard on March 9th, 2011 at 10:58 pm, Comments: 10 comments

  Should everyone blog? Wait…everyone is blogging! I guess the question is, if you talk about your cat…are you blogging? Can your cat blog make you [...]

• Define #Winning?… and Losing is the New Winning!
  Posted by Howard on March 9th, 2011 at 12:44 am, Comments: 4 comments

  I know losing. I feel like a winner. But, I have no idea what #winning means anymore. Did we win in Iraq? Should Charlie Sheen [...]

• ‘Momentum Monday’…Charlie Sheen Killed our MoJo
  Posted by Howard on March 8th, 2011 at 6:49 am, Comments: 7 comments

  There is never one explanation or indicator that will signal a change in market direction. That does not stop us from trying though. I have [...]

• Discussing Disqus…The Case for Style, Instinct and Less Due Diligence
  Posted by Howard on March 7th, 2011 at 11:22 pm, Comments: 31 comments

  Before we start…I am biased. On of my funds has a $50,000 investment in Disqus in the seed round. I have my opinions and I [...]

• The Facebook Over Reach and Why One Social Network Won’t Rule the Web
  Posted by Howard on March 6th, 2011 at 11:53 pm, Comments: 67 comments

  I don’t care much for Facebook or it’s ‘attempts’ at global domination. Historically, this shit happens. I do care that it does not own the [...]

• Rock…Paper…Scissors…OIL
  Posted by Howard on March 6th, 2011 at 10:36 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  Oil is now trading well north of $100. Even with a devalued US Dollar, this is relatively uncharted waters once again for global markets. At [...]

• Beware of the ‘Special Situation’…The Pump and Dump…
  Posted by Howard on March 6th, 2011 at 6:43 am, Comments: 2 comments

  I have spent my adult working life in a world of ‘pump and dumps’. I have chased a few so can smell them now. In [...]

• The StockTwits Blog Network Is In Effect!
  Posted by Howard on March 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, Comments: 7 comments

  StockTwits strives to provide a platform for investors and traders to broadcast their best thoughts to each other easily, efficiently and in real time.

  Our microblog streams are amazing for this, allowing members to exchange ideas, charts and links and to organize them by tickers and users, quickly and without friction.

  More recently, we’ve begun rolling out a Wordpress based blog platform so that many of the most knowledgeable members of our community can stretch out a bit and express themselves in longer form.