For the past few years I have been renouncing any indication of a tech bubble and instead have been spewing the notion that we are in the midst of a Financial Revolution. But now as the stock market crumbles, the IPO market dries up, as venture capitalists grow much more selective, as valuations of tech […]
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 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 – […]
GROUNDFLOOR – NEVER GIVING UP ON THE RETAIL INVESTOR
Throughout my career, I’ve been a strong advocate of financial fairness and Wall Street reform. My research has centered on a creed that wealth gaps can be successfully narrowed by democratizing access to capital through laws and technologies that facilitate micro-alternative investing. Such liberalization can help solve many of the issues that have been the subject of […]
FinFair 2015 Recap
I’d like to thank everyone who participated in FinFair 2015, Wall Street’s inaugural crowd-centric retail alternatives conference. I launched FinFair because I wholeheartedly believe we are at a seminal moment in American economic history where the confluence of technology and regulatory easing are staged to deliver greater investing freedoms to the general public and instill […]