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With the markets going nuts it is interesting, if not exciting to see what happens each day. In the last two weeks we’ve had record increases and decreases in the US markets. Whether you’re a day trader, a value investor, or “Joe the Plumber”, it can be helpful to know whats going on with the [...]

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This slide show made it’s way around the web very quickly and for good reason. It is shocking but it is a collections of thoughts from some of the best VC in the biz. Business owners and investors alike would be foolish not to head the advice given here. You may have already seen this [...]

At BarCamp Milwaukee last weekend I hosted a session on Startups in the Financial Crisis. It was very well attended and turned out to be an incredibly valuable discussion for a lot of people. (Thanks for all the great feedback!) I wanted to revisit some of the content of that discussion to emphasize what a [...]

Mark Cuban recently wrote the most cliche title for a blog post ever, “How to Get Rich”, and I loved it! Unlike many $100k per year authors who write the get rich quick books and pump them out as fast as possible with little value add, Cubans post is no frills, and honest. Not to [...]

Startups And The Financial Crisis View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: barcampmke crisis) Over the last week I’ve been working on slides a pitch for a discussion I’m going to host at BarCampMilwaukee. The discussion is going to be focused on how VC and startups will react and be affected by the recent [...]

Link from picture not working : Warren Buffett interview This video of Warren Buffet being interviewed by Charlie Rose is an absolute must watch if you are interested in the financial crisis and it’s affect on the United States. Please watch this and consider what Buffett says about, well, almost everything. I’ve ready many (leather [...]

Imagine you bet on baseball. The Padres are playing the Yankees and your betting the Padres to win. Not a very safe bet, but the returns are awesome when the Padres come through (assume that happened 1 in 10 times). Then a huge steroids bust occurs, 3 Yankee starting pitchers get canned, and only 1 [...]

In 2001 the pop of the bubble in Silicon Valley brought Wall St. tumbling down. Will This pop on Wall St return the favor to Silicon Valley? The super investment savvy in NYC and beyond probably have a pretty good take on what the hell is going on with the financial crisis. What’s most interesting [...]

In an article from PE Week, that many VC’s have discussed recently, the argument was made that the bubble of 01 prepared VC firms to be ready for this type of financial crisis. VC firms don’t seem to be largely affected by the recent financial crisis and many are confused why. A few of the [...]

This weekend I had a friend who works at JP Morgan explain his take on the bailout and why he thinks its a good idea. I thought his explanation was the best I’d heard so I’ll try and replicate his description here. The major financial institutions in the US have bad assets on their balance [...]

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I started thinking about how the Financial Crisis has got everyone freaking out, often times for good reason. Many have lost significant portions of their net wealth and other have lost college savings funds, etc. But, I have been raised to find the positive in all things, so I did that. In my mind there [...]

As I continue on my quest to better understand venture capital the question arises of, what is the difference between angel investing and venture capital? I’ve found there are many; involvement, who’s money, what stage, what size, required performance post investment, type of person, etc. The differences are practically endless so I’ll try to address [...]

“Clean technology, clean power is going to be the next great global industry…it simply has to be.” This is the promo video for Thomas Friedman’s new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded.  The sentence above serves as the summary of this book and in my opinion will prove to be one of the largest issues facing [...]