January 2011
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“Any website that encourages unsophisticated investors to buy specific stocks is...”
– cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog / How to disrupt Wall Street (via rafer) +1.  Wall Street makes money by separating customers from their money by way of fees, and bonds, ETF’s, and index funds all have the lowest fees out there.  If anything, more demand for and competition among ETF’s...
Jan 31st
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Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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WatchWatch
New fiyah from my folks in Uptown Camp.  Bullet! Bullet! Uptown Camp reflix The Warriors and Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub poem “It Noh Funny.” Check for all the uptown shots in this one and the final shoutout to kimineye’s hometown at the end.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 21st
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Groupon Remains Focused on Small Business
entrepreneuradvocate: Groupon seems to be keeping their focus on small business as others like Living Social and Four Square seem to be looking to make big wins with large channel partners like Amazon. — What is most interesting to me in this equation is how Google will fair with their daily deal platform given that they primarily focus on the self-serve model and small businesses tend to need a...
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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oh yes ...
… just got the Beats By Dre Studio headphones.  First listens? John Coltrane “Blue Trane” Cannibal Oxstrumentals “The F Word” Van Halen “Mean Street” Martin Taylor “Girl Talk” Ghostface “Do Over” Booker T & the MGs “Soul Dressing” Skindred “The Beginning of Sorrows” Lewis Taylor...
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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“The financial markets will come and go. Sometimes investors are focused on the...”
– Fred Wilson - A VC (via bijan) gbattle sez: As great as this sounds, it ignores the lifeblood of financial markets.  Profitability != growth.  Yes, you can build a sustainable mature business with happy customers that is profitable with little to no growth (take Bloomberg, a private company,...
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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“When an entrepreneur steps to the whiteboard the energy in the room totally...”
– BRYCE DOT VC   (via betaworks)
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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“It would be really nice if the ramblings of crazy people didn’t in any way...”
– Jon Stewart
Jan 11th
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“Always hold on to the truth. Don’t let others sway your heart. ...”
– John Fluevog.
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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“There has to be technique. Without technique, you can’t express the music...”
– Fingerstyle guitarist phenom Tommy Emmanuel ruminates on a universal truth about mastery of any given craft.
Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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“At $50 billion, though, Facebook is going to have to come out with the biggest...”
– Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay (via mikehudack) I don’t think they do. The $500M Goldman just gave them was their IPO, just without any of the public regulation hassle.  (via caterpillarcowboy) gbattle sez (from my comments here): Actually, Goldman can’t lose in this scenario...
Jan 4th
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“At $50 billion, though, Facebook is going to have to come out with the biggest...”
– Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay (via mikehudack) I don’t think they do. The $500M Goldman just gave them was their IPO, just without any of the public regulation hassle.  (via caterpillarcowboy) gbattle sez (from my comments here): Actually, Goldman can’t lose in this scenario...
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th