Taking a little break. . . August 13, 2009. The economy has put a damper on my startup posts. You may have noticed a serious decline in posts over the summer. This are actually going pretty well for my businesses, but it is hard to ... Go to Full Article

Color me still skeptical. Jeff Nolan has a thoughtful post on the competitors in the electronic book market. Kindle and its like have definitely broken into the early adopter market, but I'm still cautious. Recall the kerfuffle around ... Go to Full Article

I went out last night with Tom Staples and Danny Vo of Cooler Planet to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the company. We had a lot of fun ....and a few tequila shots at Joey's In Seattle. It was fun... Go to Full Article

Article in today's WSJ about “Fasting Dying Cities” and Ohio is all too well represented (though Canton is growing, what is the story there??). So let's look at the big picture — college football competitiveness. ... Go to Full Article

Last week I watched a really interesting documentary called Moon Machines about the development of the machines that took us to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. Go to Full Article

This article in the WSJ is totally worth reading : The whole foods alternative to ObamaCare. Go to Full Article

All of Inflation's Little Parts (Source); Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America (Source); What should have been discussed during the SED meetings (Part 2) (Source); But Isn't Flying Safer than Driving? ... Go to Full Article

With YouTube's sale to Google, I figured it was past time I posted a video of my first amateur bout last year. It was a hassle to get it converted from a DVD format, but thanks to Jeff Small for... 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... Go to Full Article

Today on CNBC we had Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb together again. Near as I can tell, we survived -- but I may be wrong. I haven't been outside in a while. Somewhat more seriously, I'm with Taleb (and Roubini) on the need to reduce ... Go to Full Article

Demonstrating once again how completely culturally adrift I am, I had never seen this JK Wedding video. Despite that, however, the video is up to 19m views on YouTube since July, and today it made the long investment thesis from Mark ... Go to Full Article

One of my favorite features of financial markets is that, unlike in normal walks of life, doing simple and sensible things to make yourself safer can kill you. The following is from a new paper on the effects of financial leverage in ... Go to Full Article

Slate's “Choose Your Own Apocalypse”, where you pick your favorite apocalyptic end for the U.S., is good fun for the whole family. I'm particularly fond of combining internally contradictory apocalypses -- contrapocalypses! ... Go to Full Article

By Paul Kedrosky · Tuesday, August 11, 2009 ·. The hedge fund panel on CNBC was awfully good, especially Michael Steinhardt's contrarianism and exchanges with Leon Cooperman. The idea that no-one is long-term bullish is so important. ... Go to Full Article

Beyond the current recession, the worst since the 1930s, lies years of slow growth, as we've discussed in past Insights. The next economic recovery, which will probably start around mid-2010, will likely be so subdued that it may not ... Go to Full Article