Finance

It’s really easy to find information about raising money from angel investors or VCs, but many people neglect another important way to fund your startup: raising money from family and friends.

I only had time to read two books in October, but they were both interesting and well worth my time. One was fiction and one was non-fiction. Check out my reviews from past months here.

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide…

It stared with leaders like Hugo Chavez, Mahmood Ahamdinejad and Saddam Hussein who wear their anti-Americanism as a badge of honor. Next, it was the developing countries who generally liked the US but felt they were not getting a fair shake. Next was Russia and…

With the stock market looking toppy and the unemployment rate still on the rise, the “green shoots” are starting to look rather brown (or more like a mirage) and some are calling for a second stimulus. For now, leave the ridiculous fact that only a tiny percentage of first stimulus…

I just watched The Smartest Guys in the Room, a documentary about the rise and fall of Enron. I have a special interest in Enron, as I margined my entire stock portfolio and shorted it in my 10th grade mock stock competition for a few days, but relented…

I’ve written about Michael Lewis’ take on the Wall Street’s meltdown in my post “The Financial Crisis Explained.” He is one of my favorite commentators and is able to take complex issues and write about them in a way that is comprehensible to the average person.

Steven Pearlstein writes in today’s Washington Post about how the President of one of the smaller banks used some entrepreneurial skills to put some TARP money to good use.

My previous post from Saturday generated the most feedback of any of my posts so far. I received tons of emails from some people who agreed and others who thought I was full of it. I’ll try to clarify and expand further with this post.