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My Risky Private Stock Investment Pays Off… Sort of
Before I started this blog, I was a software engineer. Seven years ago, almost to the day, I signed on to become employee #7 at a new start-up and, like many start-ups, I put in long hours designing much of the database and business logic. I was a team player. I was a walking billboard [...]
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Why the Google Admob Acquisition is Important to Me
Earlier this week Google made a $750 Million purchase of Admob a company specializing in mobile advertising. It surprised the market in two ways. It was Google’s 3rd largest acquisition (behind DoubleClick and YouTube) ever. The mobile advertising industry is fairly small at this time. However, Google is moving into mobile in a variety of [...]
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I Share My Asset Allocation (as do 7 other Money Writers)
The Money Writers is having a group writing project. Each of us have decided to share our asset allocation and performance from the first of the year to last Friday. You might want to put the children to sleep, this could get ugly. Asset Allocation I would like to say that I put together a [...]