My sister just pulled a dirty trick on me.
She’s lived in Los Angeles for the past seven years. And since I recently moved out here, she wanted to take me out for a “Welcome to the West Coast” dinner.
She picked the restaurant and ordered for me — and…
Tags: Plant based-foods Startups
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had it with all the bad news.
Bad news about inflation and the economy…
Bad news about cyber threats crippling the nation…
Bad news about a sky-high stock market that has nowhere to go but down.
Enough already!
Which is why I’m going…
Tags: Bonds Private markets
Wow, People Really Dislike Jeff Bezos
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos is heading to space. And as it turns out, more than a few people hope he doesn’t make it back.
Free Big Macs and Fries… If You Pledge Your Loyalty
Competition in the fast-food industry is fierce. That’s…
Tags: Jeff bezos Mcdonalds
Startups are a strange animal.
Even though they have the potential to hand investors like you life-changing profits…
They also have a high probability of failing.
Makes sense. After all, startups are new enterprises searching for a profitable business model.
The thing is, identifying a profitable business model can take…
Fifty years ago, a tiny coffee shop with a strange name opened in Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
It was called Starbucks, and it grew slowly at first. But as it expanded across the U.S. and overseas, its popularity and value started to soar.
Eventually, twenty-four years after it was founded,…
Coca-Cola Throws $4 Billion Press Conference
When soccer star Christiano Ronaldo arrived for his pregame press conference, he sat down, said just one word — and Coca-Cola’s stock tumbled. What happened? »
A Cure for False Alarms
Did you know that 95% of car alarm activations are…
When I tell people what I do for a living, I hear things like this:
“The stock market!? That’s a real crap shoot!”
“You invest in startups? I’d rather play the lotto!”
“Oh, isn’t that like gambling?”
Comments like that used to bother me. But not anymore.
Nowadays, I take…
Darn it — Amazon got me again!
This time it was a mini waffle iron.
I don’t even like waffles. Why would I buy a mini waffle iron?
The reason is laughable. And it’s the same reason I bought a scalp massager, a milk frother, and a countertop cereal dispenser:…
Tags: Coconut water Startups
Criminals Use FBI App by Mistake
Nearly one thousand criminals around the world thought they were plotting the perfect caper. There was just one problem: the long arm of the law was listening. Whoops »
Here It Is: The Key to Retiring
Ahh, retirement. Sounds like a fantasy, right?…
ProPublica just published a groundbreaking report…
It managed to get its hands on 25 years’ worth of tax returns for some of the wealthiest investors in the world. And what it discovered is almost unbelievable:
