Gregory Schnese

Stockpiling $aapl

Thu, 12 May 2011 10:20:15 -0400

more $aapl at $343.00

Stockpiling $goog and $aapl

Mon, 09 May 2011 10:33:56 -0400

Bought the $goog at $533.10

Bought $aapl at $347.13

Bought $aapl at $349.70

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:14:32 -0400

Bought $aapl at $349.70

More $goog at $521.12

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:28:15 -0400

Bought more $goog at $521.12

In on $goog at $540.59

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:27:50 -0400

In on $goog at $540.59

Sold AMZN at $161.41

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:02:48 -0400

Ahh, I put in a stop for $161.50 on Amazon and it executed this morning; a 2.3% loss!

Bought $amzn at $165.27

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:27:21 -0400

Bought $amzn at $165.27

Sold $fslr at $154.89, bought at $150.66; a 2.8%...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:14:27 -0400

Sold $fslr at $154.89, bought at $150.66; a 2.8% gain!

Yesterday, $fslr reached $158 near the close. I put in a stop order at $155, I wanted to lock-in my gains. $fslr opened lower today and my stop order was quickly executed.

Bought $fslr at $150.66.

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:26:36 -0400

Bought $fslr at $150.66.

On 1/31 I bought $AMZN at $168.65 and sold it on 2/17 at...

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:39:34 -0500

On 1/31 I bought $AMZN at $168.65 and sold it on 2/17 at $186.03. I really wanted to wait until all 3 technical indicators moved to sell, but I wasn’t willing to ride $AMZN down past $186.

I made 10.3% on this trade!

I bought $AMZN at $168 on Jan. 31st.

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:32:44 -0500

I bought $AMZN at $168 on Jan. 31st.

Being Fat Is Not Healthy

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:55:00 -0400

My comment from AVC.com.

I think Ben made a lot of good points, investing in the business to beat competitors, the goal is to capture the market and money in a down economy can be a big advantage, but his story sounded alien to me. As Fred stated, “Loudcloud raised $350mm in four rounds of financing (including an IPO) in the first 15 months of its life. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz can do that. Most of you can not.” I’d love to be in the position Ben was, but I don’t see it happening soon. So what’s a person to do? Learn startup aren’t about spending less money, they’re about spending less money before product/market fit; especially for new markets. Web service startups are relatively inexpensive to start, so one can create something and get feedback from users. When people like the service and there is traction, you should consider fueling the business with outside capital.

Originally posted as a comment by theschnaz on A VC using DISQUS.

The Gong Show: Metric-Driven Design

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:11:13 -0400

The Gong Show: Metric-Driven Design:

Back in mid-2009, Douglas Bowman left Google for Twitter, and in the process a small meme developed about his exit blog post. He semi-famously wrote:
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Now, I understand how someone who is passionate about design aesthetics would have a problem with that kind of culture, but when you…

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:54:20 -0500

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Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:22:00 -0500

extensionfm:

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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:53:24 -0500

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Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:03:44 -0500

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Warner retreats from free music streaming

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:53:00 -0500

Warner artists like REM may no longer be available to stream for free

Record label Warner Music has said it will stop licensing its songs to free music streaming services.

Companies like Spotify, We7 and Last.fm give free, legal and instant access to millions of songs, funded by adverts.

Warner, one of the four major labels, whose artists include REM and Michael Buble, said such services were “clearly not positive for the industry”.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8507885.stm

If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:28:23 -0500

I just subscribed to Paul’s RSS. He was one of the creators of Gmail.

“By focusing on only a few core features in the first version, you are forced to find the true essence and value of the product. If your product needs “everything” in order to be good, then it’s probably not very innovative (though it might be a nice upgrade to an existing product). Put another way, if your product is great, it doesn’t need to be good.” link

Great Obama Quote

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:08:00 -0500

“The notion that I would somehow resist doing something that cost half as much but would produce twice as many jobs — why would I resist that? I wouldn’t … It doesn’t make sense if somebody could tell me, ‘You could do this cheaper and get increased results,’ that I wouldn’t say, ‘Great.’ The problem is, I couldn’t find credible economists who would back up the claims that you just made.” #bestquote

Originally posted as a comment by theschnaz on A VC using DISQUS.