Today we’re back with Nate Storey, PhD. Nate’s company Bright Agrotech is revolutionizing food production by creating innovative new ways to grow food “vertically”. Nate and his team are the real deal, so read on and learn a bit more about how you can add a bit of food security and resiliency right in your [...]
July 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
Crowdfund This!
Crowdfunding will change Wall Street for the better! There, I said it…let the hate mail ensue. This view is held by a new friend of ours, Dara Albright, the founder of NowStreet Media. She’s a pioneer in reforming the financial markets, and my new hero. Plus she’s just a cool chic! Her site, NowStreetJournal.com is [...]
June 7, 2012 By 4 Comments
Crowdfunding – The Real Story
The excitement surrounding crowdfunding continues to grow. I’ve written about it several times, and a lot of questions have been raised by subscribers as a result. Recently a reader of ours, Sam Houghton, who also happens to be an attorney focusing on finance-related issues, corporate structuring and ownership transfer at Clark, Campbell & Lancaster, P.A. [...]
June 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
How to “Print” a Kidney… or a Steak Diane
Michael Joyce, in his own words, “LOVES to make things!” After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1984 with a degree in mathematics, Michael joined the U.S. Air Force and served as a pilot flying the B-52G, the B-1B Lancer and instructing in the supersonic T-38 Talon. After leaving the Air Force in 1996 [...]
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook – Maybe Next Time…
By the time you read this Facebook should be trading on the NASDAQ. Shares were supposed to open at around $38, indicating a market value as high as $104 billion. In reality, the company’s shares have already been trading for years in the secondary market, on both SharesPost and SecondMarket’s platforms. Facebook halted trading therein [...]
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Making Money with Crowdfunding – Motaavi
We’ve spent a fair amount of time discussing and dissecting crowdfunding herein. I’ve written more than a few posts about it, and we’ve reviewed the topic with guys we trust. Dan Faiman spoke to us about it briefly in Tech Geekery and Tech Geekery – Part II. Jeff Bone gave us some pointers in Angels, [...]
