Category Archives: Reference

Trillion, it’s the new Billion

2/11/2009 – 12:31 am

have you noticed that the word “trillion” is well on it’s way to being the most used word in 2009? trillion, trillion, trillion. the word “billion” is getting tossed around a lot too lately, but poor measly “million” is slipping into the small time. i thought i was poor when a million bucks seemed like [...]

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How to Profit & Prosper During a Recession or Depression

1/21/2009 – 2:17 pm

if you think the US economy is on the road to recovery anytime soon then this post isn’t for you. for the rest of us, i want to recommend a couple of really good books. Peter Schiff, who was Ron Paul’s economic advisor during his Presidential campaign, was right about the credit, mortgage, currency crisis [...]

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How to Pitch an Angel Investor (and how not to)

1/15/2009 – 2:29 pm

so a friend recently turned me on to a tv show that’s been running for a couple of years now on the BBC called Dragons Den. it’s awesome. i wish i had known about it sooner. basically it’s a group of successful wealthy business men and women who are currently occupied primarily with angel investing. [...]

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The Subprime Primer

9/18/2008 – 3:26 pm

From a friend of a friend who’s in the mortgage industry, is a slideshow that shows how much of the economy mess we’re in came about. The end really cracks me up, but then when you replace the stick figures with actual people it’s so sad. http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1 Way to go Congress… nice regulating! Thanks a [...]

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