If you're not reading The Altucher Confidential, you should be. James is a great writer, his stuff is highly entertaining, and he's one of us (though he might take exception to that). If you're not sure, go read How I Screwed Yasser Arafat Out of $2mm (and Lost $100mm in the Process). You'll be sold.
Anyhow, this recent interview with Andrew Warner of Mixergy is a Must Watch. James tells the story of how he pulled the idea for Stockpickr pretty much out of his ass and then sold the company for $10 million less than a year later. He broke all the "rules" of entrepreneurship (no business plan, gave up huge equity, etc...) but walked away $5 million richer in a year. Plus, he's so animated that you can't help but like the guy. Enjoy:
That article was incredible. Definitely has some brass balls to pull all that shit off. What are the chances we can bring him on as a guest writer to WSO?
Brace for the haters now
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Eddie you love James, in the most no homo of ways
Holy shit. If this Altucher is not related to Harold Ramis, I'll eat my hat. That picture on the front page of his site is doppelganger material.
Good read.
James is great. When I complained on stockpickr that his Buffett book was too expensive (~60), he sent me a free copy. Stockpickr really didn't have much earnings potential, but good on James for dropping it when it was hot.
Brilliant.
James is cool. His blog is worth reading. Given he already has a successful blog, I'd say pretty much zero chance of his guest writing on here.
You can actually email him and he might reply (assuming you actually have a good question for him). His email is on his blog.
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