It’s amazing to see everyone trying to mimic Apple’s success in one form or another, often with a boneheaded twist – Wal-Mart is the latest in that long line of bozos…
Background
‘Disc to Digital’ is a brilliant concept that few companies can effectively tackle better than Wal-Mart. The underlying issue of transferring previously [...]
Thanks for all the feedback from yesterday’s post. The post was not intended to be an end-all be-all, but the opening of a discussion that turned out to be fairly interesting over Twitter and e-mail.
Regardless, I wanted to address two specific issues that were not discussed in the original post, namely Mobile and Post-Transaction [...]
I was recently watching Sean Park’s excellent talk at the Lift12 conference (definitely worth a watch here). One thing that got me thinking was his comment on trying to ‘invest in the Apple Inc’s of Finance”. The line got me thinking about ‘Re-imagining Finance’ through a series of thought pieces, based on the sole [...]
I’ve been off the grid for the last two weeks, out in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. During my time, I had the chance to catch up on some reading, specifically Michael Lewis’s Boomerang. What can I say, Lewis has been an incredible writer, telling the story in a [...]
Back in 1999 when I entered college, I gradually gave up my @AOL.com address in lieu of my shiny new @cornell.edu address – the main reason was spam – after several years of active use, e-mail boxes become unwieldy and full of spam. When I was an 11th grader, it surely made sense for me [...]
This morning I made an interesting observation – while riding the 2 train to the office, I noticed 3 women sitting in front of me with Blackberry phones, but the iPod white earphones in their ears, listening to an iPod that was nestled away in a pocket, only to show its face when the user [...]
I had the opportunity to talk with my Mom last night about the computerization of her health care facility. It’s amazing to me that she can have an iPhone, iPad, and Macbook Pro at home, which are generally easy to use devices that she’s picked up over the last few months, and still be dealing [...]
Steve Jobs retired from his day-to-day activities at $AAPL yesterday, and the world has been up in arms over the future of this company. After all, the last time Steve Jobs left Apple formally, the firm seemed to have lost its way during a decade of pain for Mac fans everywhere. Regardless, [...]
I don’t normally use this blog as a platform to share much personal information, but I’ve decided to take a different approach with this blog going forward. For those of you who like the posts about the industry, StockTwits, etc, don’t worry – they’ll still be coming. I just need to also take control of [...]
What a difference a day makes – up to last week, $GOOG seemed like a dinosaur that was on its way to becoming $MSFT – a ‘one or two phenomenal hit wonder’ that had not been able to figure out social media, or the new internet. Like Lycos, Excite, [...]
About Me
Ben leads business development efforts for StockTwits out of our New York office, focused on StockTwits Marketplace, Corporate Services and Institutional Sales. Prior to StockTwits, Ben was an Associate at Greylock Partners in Hertzliya, Israel, a Senior Associate at Opera Solutions in New York and an Associate at MMG Partners in New York. Ben holds a B.Sc. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University - College of Engineering, as well as an MBA from INSEAD.
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- Indeed - not there yet RT @iinvestin: Very realistic article on the use of sentiment in trading http://t.co/kkMOGwgk
2012/05/13 - RT @freddavis: Steve Jobs Didn't Invent Design But He Patented It http://t.co/8nENRDWq
2012/05/13 - RT @mattturck: +1 “@bsiscovick: i LOVE shit like this. big data analytics applied to credit modeling: http://t.co/Uy5ZFAXI @iaventures”
2012/05/13 - RT @SAI: This Startup Is Doing $100 Million In Revenue All Because It Lost A Netflix Contest $SAP by @Julie188 http://t.co/EIzFj0IM
2012/05/13 - RT @rachelsterne: Underscores importance of data to nyc tech. RT @jakeporway The thriving data ecosystem in NYC http://t.co/ftHOIJqR #di ...
2012/05/13
By: US Web Design Company- Indeed - not there yet RT @iinvestin: Very realistic article on the use of sentiment in trading http://t.co/kkMOGwgk
