2007 was only 8 years ago. Back then, you could see VCs everywhere tapping away on the Blackberry keyboards. If you don’t believe me, I have video evidence of it from Fred Wilson, Bijan Sabet, Roger Ehrenberg, and Howard Lindzon. If you, like me, have been grinding along on email and phone calls all day and need a back to the future type of laugh, I think this will do it for you.
I just read Howard Lindzon’s book The Wallstrip Edge: Using Trends to Make Money — Find Them, Ride Them, and Get Off. It’s a really fun book – 200 pages of the inside of Howard’s brain. There are so many things about Howard that I love including: He is totally hilarious He created Wallstrip, which was a successful investment for me (and him) He understands how and when to use the word fuck He twitters endlessly about his twittering (and stocks – especially Stocktwits , which he helped create) Whenever I spend any time with Howard, I laugh at least once ever five minutes He has this funny Canadian accent that is crossed with a weird Arizona semi-drawl spoken at a New Yorkers pace He’s been a hugely helpful TechStars Mentor He’s a self-proclaimed putz – and proud of it He wrote about me in his book and was very flattering He has a giant party in the spring called LindzonPalooza and schedules it on a weekend that I can never come His blog is dynamite I could keep going but you get the point. If your path hasn’t intersected with Howard, you are missing out. Howard will engage in a conversation with pretty much anyone, including my dad, so go for it. And grab his book – it’ll give you a fresh perspective on public (and private) market investing. ...