About25th Internet Independence Day is Today
It's the 25th anniversary of the official birth of the unofficial Internet.
I'll be on a streamed Zoom panel with some of the people who made the Internet what it is at 5PM EDT today More...
36 posts categorized "The Bubble"
April 30, 2020
January 04, 2011
Too-Big-To-Fail Goldman Buys Facebook Share
As a former founder and CEO of a public company, I understand why Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to raise money without taking his company public. During the dot.com bubble ten years ago, many companies, including mine, went public too soon – most before they were profitable, some before More...
February 13, 2008
Raising Money in Tough Times
The best time to SUCCEED in raising money is when money is hard to get - like now, for example. When capital is easy to get, your competitors (who are, of course, much less deserving) will have plenty of capital, too. Dumb More...
February 01, 2008
Happy Hour
Next Tuesday, Feb 5th, I'll be a guest on the Happy Hour show hosted by my friend Cody Willard (2d from left). The show is on FoxBusiness Network every weekday from 5 to 6 PM; appropriately, it's broadcast from the More...
August 21, 2007
In Defense of Bubbles
The press is full of stories of people who’ve been hurt by the housing bubble, people who borrowed too much and now face losing their homes because both the housing bubble and the sub-prime credit bubble are – not coincide More...
July 18, 2007
Chat Groups
Any exCEO understands the temptation to participate in Yahoo chat groups which Whole Foods CEO John Mackey More...
January 26, 2007
Book Tour – South Burlington, VT and Hanover, NH
Two weeks from tomorrow on Saturday, February 10, I’ll be at the Borders Express< More...
January 11, 2007
January 07, 2007
Web 2.0 – Greater Initial Investments Required
Michael Arrington posted today on TechCrunch on the d More...
May 25, 2006
Vonage IPO – How The Bankers May Make a Bundle More Despite the Bust
In some case, the bankers who manage a stock offering can make more money from a bust than a success. It happens when the green shoe drops.
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