My thoughts on Web 2.0 Finance 2.x and Management.
I love the startup “scene”; cool and crazy people trying to change the world, VC and angel investors who are looking for talent to give them millions to pursue their dream. I find it romantic. I was excited to learn that Peter Thiel, Paypal founder and Facebook’s first investor, is teaching a course on Startups in Stanford. […]
It seems everybody just loves to hate Facebook these days so much that only a video of Chris Chrocker shouting Leave Mark Zuckerberg Alone can explain how ridiculous I think this is (a spoof on the famous Leave Britney Alone video) . I have never seen so many people bash a company like the recent bashing of the Facebook IPO. […]
A revolutionary new approach to money is in place: Bitcoin, a virtual currency. Started in 2009, the Bitcoin currency is not regulated by any central authority; instead it is run as an open-source network of peers, meaning it cannot be manipulated by government. The Economist published a thorough report in June 2011 explaining exactly how Bitcoin operates, […]
Shai Agassi is one of the top visionary leaders and entrepreneurs in the world today. Agassi sold his company TopTier to SAP for $400M a decade ago. Rumored to become the CEO of SAP, he opted instead to turn his vision of making electric cars into a reality. For a more complete understanding of the […]
Well, not really, or at least not yet. But wouldn’t it be cool if you could pay for stuff with your Google account already ? If for every purchase you made, you could get points back in your Google account and then buy stuff online with them, without spending real money. This reminded me of great times, when AOL […]
24 hours to the largest IPO ever . A buzz has disturbed my Twitter and email accounts with talk of the imminent Facebook IPO. Everyone is trying to determine whether this is a good investment. In previous posts, I’ve spoken about how Facebook users will soon be buying shares in the company for as low as […]
I am just sitting in an airport in Poland, on my way to Italy, and thinking about a book I just finished reading called Avogadro Corp, its about a pseudo Google like company, which by accident invents a “Terminator” style AI, scary. My favorite part of traveling is its my main time reading books, its […]
“The investor’s chief problem—and even his worst enemy—is likely to be himself”. Benjamin Graham, economist We just published with MIT a great research showing that the wisdom of the crowds beats the markets. If you believe that it is impossible to beat the markets and make money through trading, you’re not alone. You can easily […]
What a cool experience ! I wrote a blog post about creativity and it was posted on out company’s site : Lior Hakim When your CEO offers you a day off work, Its time to wake up.. Spread The Wealth: eToro – be all you can be www.yoniassia.com “,”type”:22}” name=”like” style=”background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; […]