Be your own fund manager if you want to make money. By the time Baidu, the “Google of China” went public, venture capital firm Draper Fisher’s 28% stake was worth over $1 billion dollars by the end of the trading day. Not a bad return considering their likely sub-$50 million investment just years ago! In […]
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Ah the end of summer is quickly approaching. What will August bring this year? I had lunch today with one of the co-founders of BuzzLogic. We caught up on life and discussed the world of online social media. If you don’t know about BuzzLogic, the company is one of Silicon Valley’s great start ups. They
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With California heading towards the abyss and taxes rocketing to the moon, I’ve toyed with the idea of moving to Nevada. Here’s an article in the San Francisco Chronicle highlighting homeless 24 year olds and rising unemployment even in a rich suburb such as Marin County. From this other article, we learn that from the
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FINANCIAL SAMURAI – INTRODUCTION The Journeyman’s Goal To Financial Independence By 45 After 10 years in corporate America, I thought I had it made. A six figure job, a real estate portfolio, company stock, and a savings/emergency fund that would last me 3 years if I ever became unemployed. I did everything the personal finance
