THE DREAM IN ACTION

via flickr While reading ‘Predictably Irrational‘, a phenomenal book by Dan Ariely, well known TED speaker, I began thinking about his discussion of Social Norms and Market Norms. I’ve re-termed them for the sake of this post to be a bit more descriptive as Social and Market Behavior Codes. I’ll first start with my own [...]

We all know this is one of the worst economies in US history, and with this terrible economy comes heavy unemployment rates. Those unemployment rates have brought some really tough times for people in every market. This economy is challenging people in their goals to put their dreams into action. A few people very close [...]

On Auren Hoffman‘s blog, Summation, he posted this yesterday:   “The top 1% of U.S. population now make 23% of income. (& top 10% of the U.S. population make 50% of income). Is this because we live in a winner take all economy???” This got me thinking about Vilfredo Pareto and the 80/20 law. His [...]

This is not a personal finance blog, but as I approach marriage I have been thinking about my personal financial situation a bit more seriously. Instead of only using CD’s from my personal bank I decided to open a “high interest” online savings account. Through researching with bankrate.com and many other finance blogs I found [...]

This is the Workstreamer press release in it’s entirety, unedited. I’m friends with Sam and wanted to not only hlep get the word out about Workstreamer, but also congratulate him on this huge milestone. Workstreamer LLC, a New York based startup software company pioneering the concepts of workstreams and workstreaming, today announced that it has [...]

Image via Wikipedia People think that winning an awards show like The Crunchies makes them a success…false. Along those lines, SO many people consider getting a solid round of venture funding a success…false again. Why or how is it that a company can be successful without making money (or, creating value)? If you sell your [...]

I found out tonight that the Palomar Hotel project would be put on permanent suspension. The Palomar Hotel was a project for downtown (Park East) Milwaukee that was promised to bring huge changes and growth to the area. With the City of Milwaukee as a contributor to the project it seems as though the economic [...]

I found out tonight that the Palomar Hotel project would be put on permanent suspension. The Palomar Hotel was a project for downtown (Park East) Milwaukee that was promised to bring huge changes and growth to the area. With the City of Milwaukee as a contributor to the project it seems as though the economic [...]

Great interview with Fred Wilson by Nicole Simon for the pre LeWeb podcasts series. Click here for the interview.

I recently read Paul Graham’s Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy. It’s super encouraging for someone in my position because it affirms yet again that my efforts towards starting SocialDreamium are NOT wasted. It also affirms that starting a company now is actually very well timed. I’ve always thought that starting anything [...]

The Credit Crisis – the US economy horror picture show View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: economics credit)

Paulson’s take on where we are: “We’ve taken steps to bring confidence back to the banks, but we will have a number of difficult months ahead of us.”

The VC internet investments have officially slowed down! This chart shows that they are down 16% in Q3. As stated in hundreds of blog posts, the slow down in the economy will undoubted affect the startup world, but just how much is still unknown. There are many things that startups can focus on in order [...]

My guess is that there are more people out there with questions about what the hell is going on in the markets than there are people with answers. True? Do you have more questions or answers? Thought so. TickerHound.com sets out to meet that need head on. In standard forum fashion TickerHound allows people to [...]