We’ve all heard the expression that salaries should commensurate with experience. Well that’s all well and good when you’re working for someone else. But it can be problematic when you are hiring yourself as the CEO of a company that you founded, control, and is being capitalized by outside investors. In that instance, a CEO’s […]
You Know A CEO Thinks His Company’s Stock is Overvalued When….
Today marks the one year anniversary of my “Investment Red Flags” column. During the past 12 months, through a series of articles, I have been highlighting a number of early warning signs indicating a business may be experiencing turbulent times and even, in some instances, be tinkering on the brink of failure. Some of the […]
The 2016 Predictions of a Self-Proclaimed Crowdfinance Semi-Clairvoyant
Another December is upon us, and once again it is time to dust off that flux capacitor, steal some plutonium and see what the future holds. Since I was 4 for 4 in my 2014 predictions, last year I proclaimed myself a “Crowdfinance Clairvoyant”. Although I didn’t score as well this year, don’t revoke my […]
How the San Bernardino Massacre Could Impact Lending in the United States
By now everyone knows that the San Bernardino terrorist duo obtained a P2P loan, via a leading online lending platform, just a few weeks prior to the attacks. (Two worthwhile reads on the topic are Ross Kenneth Urken’s “How the San Bernardino Shooters Used the Latest Fintech Tool to Finance Their Terror Attack” and Marketplace Lending […]
How Wall Street Should be Valuing FinTech
I recently read a thought-provoking article by Dealflow CEO, Steven Dresner, titled, “If you want crowdfunding to succeed, start by de-coupling ‘finance’ from ‘fin-tech.’” What I found most interesting was that the financial data veteran described technology as the “enabler” not the “end game.” Was Dresner intimating that technology has now become the veins – […]