Assume that our retirement fund is $200000 dollars and our life expectancy is 20 years. Assume that we invest our money in a mutual fund with a good record. Their annual return has fluctuated from year to year with an average year ... Go to Full Article

Diversions: Mythbusting with Jamie and Adam. By Paul Kedrosky · Friday, August 14, 2009 ·. Lengthy recent interview with the Mythbusters guys, Jamie and Adam. A worth watching discussion of what you learn by blowing things up. ... Go to Full Article

It's funny to have just written a post about Cooler Planet being 2 years old and to think about my wife and I being 15 years old. Alexa and I got married in 1994. I had just graduated from MIT... Go to Full Article

In a column for the Economic Times, Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma highlights 3 different viewpoints that investors have regarding the global market recovery.Camp 1: This is it, nothing comes next. While the inveterate bears are willing ... Go to Full Article

I've noticed that restaurants are sending an increasing amount of promotional emails and when I do eat in SF on the rare occasion, it's quite often that there. Go to Full Article

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I agree with this statement: But industry executives believe the time has come for consumers to begin embracing dedicated readers, especially as the prices fall into a comfortable range. “There were readers who were perhaps unable to ... Go to Full Article

There are 2 things about the red light program in Santa Ana that confirm what the critics of these programs, your truly included, have been saying all along, it’s about revenue and not public safety. Santa Ana moved these cameras around ... Go to Full Article

PogoPlug Buggy With Drive Letters: Pogoplugged. Trying out pogoplug, key note here — you can't control which drive letter pogoplug will grab easily. Pogoplug, Software, Windows. This entry was posted on Saturday, August 8th, 2009, ... Go to Full Article

Outlook Business has an article on how Sequoia Capital India (formerly Westbridge Capital) - among the few VC firms in India from the 2000-era which continue to make early-stage investments - has become the model for newer VC firms in ... Go to Full Article

Your Zune device is not detected by your computer or the Zune software. The hard reset of the Zune tip did it for me. Zune. This entry was posted on Saturday, August 8th, 2009, 5:08 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. ... Go to Full Article

In my multi-part series, Eat Your Own Dog Food, I'm attempting to walk the talk and try, as best I can, to document much of this adventure with commentary aimed at the start up community. I hope it will help those of you looking to... Go to Full Article

Mortgage loan officers are back in vogue again, at least as evidenced by hiring trends. How much in vogue? They are back to levels last seen in late 2007. Admittedly this is far from canonical data, but it's still intriguing. ... Go to Full Article

I’ve noticed that restaurants are sending an increasing amount of promotional emails and when I do eat in SF on the rare occasion, it’s quite often that there are many empty tables and last minute reservations are not a problem. ... Go to Full Article

One of the things I continue to struggle with as a VC is the unfortunate fact that I am in the business of saying "no" all the time. Saying "no" in the context of how you invest your time is one thing - fellow VC blogger Brad Feld did a ... Go to Full Article