Tag: Money
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Never miss a post…subscribe! AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. has become the 4th most heavily shorted stock in America, according to new data from UBS. Its short interest stands at 20%, per Ortex. Short interest is the percentage of outstanding shares that have been sold short. AMC’s position is particularly striking…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! Inside a gleaming metal structure the size of a shipping container, robotic arms pull out a disk of dough. They carefully apply tomato sauce, then the cheese. Pepperoni, anyone? This store was created by Hyper Robotics, an intriguing startup from Israel that makes automated pizzerias. Its…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! Last night, I had the honor of judging a startup pitch competition. Each founder in the Starta Accelerator in NYC had 3 minutes to pitch a panel of judges in front of a live audience. I was so impressed with the hard work these entrepreneurs are…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! Citadel made a major loan to a Chinese surveillance company in 2006. This shadowy company, which doesn’t even appear to have a website, has sold surveillance equipment to China’s Communist government. From a new report from Crain’s Chicago Business: …in 2006, Citadel loaned $110 million to…
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The bleeding never seems to stop at Melvin Capital Management LP. Gabe Plotkin’s beleaguered fund lost 21% in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report just out from Bloomberg. Melvin famously lost billions in 2021 with disastrous bets against meme stocks like GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings…
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Every now and then, I see the unthinkable: an LLC trying to raise venture capital. You want to give your startup every chance of success. So don’t shut yourself out from venture capital with this rookie mistake! Repeat this mantra every night before bed: “investors want a Delaware C Corp.”…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! I’ve been riveted by The Dropout lately. Amanda Seyfried’s portrayal of the notorious Elizabeth Holmes transfixes me, from the baritone to the awkward dancing. I particularly loved the scenes on Sand Hill Road when Holmes is pitching venture capitalists. Luckily for them, most passed. Since I…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! As meme stocks like GameStop Corp. and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. have soared in recent weeks, retail investors are flooding the market with cash. Individuals bought $5 billion worth of stocks and ETFs last week, about 50% above average, according to a new Reuters report. Meme…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker You’ve written a 92 page business plan. For three years, you hunched over your laptop coding, sustained by Red Bull and Cheetos At last, launch…
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Update, April 1 2022: Shortly after publishing this post on March 29, I received an e-mail from an analyst at TrailRunner International. The firm handles “media, law, finance, and regulatory affairs,” according to its homepage. The analyst informed me that the article from New York Magazine on which I’m commenting…
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Tremendous 