I had a lengthy and fascinating conversation with a venture capitalist on Sunday morning. He was kind enough to send me the video clip below, which I found illuminating. It’s twelve minutes, and I encourage you to give it a listen.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Pretty Unicorns
Some of the previously battered unicorn stocks are actually basing and turning around. Beyond Meat, for instance, has been rising on huge volume recently.
(more…)Based on a True Story
Long-time readers know that I’m a student of comedy. Observant, long-time readers will know that I’m particularly a fan of Norm MacDonald. Most people know him from his tenure at SNL, but good Lord, that was a quarter of a century ago. Personally, I think his finest work was on his now-defunct podcast, Norm MacDonald Live. Sadly, the original episodes were all scrubbed at the command of Netflix, since they got him to do a new (and far lamer) show called Norm MacDonald Has a Show. I wasn’t surprised to learn that it wasn’t going to be renewed.
(more…)Flying Cars
As Tesla has gone flying, for the first time, over $500 per share (a gain of 190% in just six months)………….making this niche electric car maker the second-most valuable auto company on Earth…………
(more…)Earnings Season & Slope
With earnings season beginning this week, I felt it would be a good time to provide a list of links to the many germane features on Slope. It’s easy to forget just how many earnings-relevant tools there are. I wanted to summarize the key ones here.
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