Years that ive learned that there was a process you are supposed to follow. I just went out and keep bugging people until they give you as much dollars as you needed. You have commoditized it for small companies. We get on average a couple of hundred emails a year that say hey, i have got a great idea. How do i get started . That touches on one of the key problems we saw that exist today. If you are out there raising capital, what are you not doing . Youre not talking to your users or your customers. We are not building your product or services. Fundraising becomes a huge process, a huge effort. It is a process. To break it down and make it real for you and give you a sense, while youre barely keeping your head above water as it is, you are also willing to meet with groups such as angel groups or pitchign to vc firms, where you sit in a room and they ask questions and you say thank you very much. You have a little side conversation. You get all of the checks together. If youre lucky, y
It is and thats because it has his back up against the wall. A tremendous amount of scrutiny not just from its Investor Base that mens wearhouse has taken this aga to the delaware courts where it had it has accused joseph a bank of measures that are inappropriate and defending itself against hostile bids by mens wearhouse. Accusingrhouse is joseph a Bank Management team and board of putting up high barriers to a deal such as a poisoned pill, such as creating a deal with eddie power to make it too big for mens warehouse to take over. All of those things mens wearhouse says is evidence that bqank is breaching its fiduciary it is by not coming to the table. Joseph a bank is forced to come to the table at this point and reconsider talks. How much more could joseph a one stock we are watching bank really debt out of mens today is google. Wearhouse . The company has rolled out my sources say that joseph a google fiber. This is the highspeed Digital Service network in solo select u. S. Cities
My goodness, legal briefs, hundreds of layoffs, not sure i will get through this. A memo that has everybody talking about the place of young women in the Business World and how they should dress and act. First to sue at the nyse. My, my, my. Stocks having a soso day but were at or near record levels for several indices, close to dow 16,000 than 15,000. The nasdaq 65 points from 4,000. Where is the Retail Investor in all of this . Mary thompson found out. Hey, sue. Data suggest the Retail Investor remains cautious with the markets at record highs. Outflows continue while trading activity at discount brokerages is modest. Investors began pulling money out of stock funds in may of 2011. Since then, u. S. Equity funds have seen net monthly outflows in 25 of the last 28 months through august. The september numbers arent final but weekly figures suggest the exodus continued in the two weeks out of the three recorded so far for october. So recent data from discount brokerages suggest some ree
Becky will be back tomorrow. Traders returning from the holiday. Weekly jobless claims are set to hit the tape at 8 30 eastern time. Economist expect first time filing to decline. Many International Markets are closing to do boxing day holiday. Its boxing like the presence of boxing. Anyway, just in case you didnt know. U. S. Equity futures taking a look, setting itself up on this post christmas day. Nasdaq, up about 5 points, the s p 500 up 3 points. Also, a lot of obviously great news for investors to be happy about this Holiday Season. Data showing its been the best year for stocks since 2009. The average u. S. Equity mutual fund gained nearly 32 through december 20th. That edges oat the s ps 30 gains during the same period. Also, Small Company stocks eating their larger counterparts growth top value and returns of u. S. Funds. The day after christmas has become a huge opportunity for the neighs retailers. Some began sales online yesterday. Stores are looking to capitalize on people
Its a little over an hour. [applause] the thank you very much. A wonderful crowd. Thank you to regnery books, a real asset to our community here. With all these programs. I am glad to see my kids in the audience, who asked me to mention their names. Henry, alice, abby, claire and my wife karen is here and my mother doris and many friends but also the basis as well. Thank you all for coming out. I appreciate your time and interest. In rise to greatness i tell the story of the most eventful and perilous time in american history, 1862. As much as possible i tell it through the eyes of the man who guided the nation through the fire, Abraham Lincoln. I dont want to spoil the book for you, so let me just say that the year began with the American Republic in grave danger. The union army was struggling to regrow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent, to more than half a billion. The inexperienced officers, the command of these were all volunteers was stymie