Monthly Archives: August 2011

How prediction markets help forecast consumers’ behaviors — [REPORT]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Forrester Research’s Roxana Strohmenger has been caught red hand sucking up to our Paul Hewitt. Roxana Strohmenger (e-mail me at chrisfmasse at gmail dot com to get a copy of the report): At the end of the day, a prediction … Continue reading →

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You can’t print gold. — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

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How to buil a company from start — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Ron Conway (via the great folks at Entrepreneurship.org):

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Elon Musk, the new Steve Jobs? — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Download this post if your feed reader does not show you the video below. Elon Musk @ Wikipedia.

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Is immigration endangering European society? — [POLL]

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

I voted ‘YES‘. NOTE: Keep in mind that Europe is different from the US, as the immigrants who made America were more homogeneous.

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Money creation (in blue, in each of the 4 charts) — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

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Globalization + Technology = Economic Progress — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Peter Thiel (the sound is weak, beware):

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Defaulting — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

WSJ on Ron Paul and Rand Paul. Rick Santelli. Ron Paul:

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The privatization of space — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

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The biggest impact of the S&P downgrade will be on the US dollar. — [VIDEO]

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Bill Gross:

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