In the course of praising TheStreet.com's acquisition of
Stockpickr, Roger
Ehrenberg
discourses
at some length about what makes the site special. For one thing, Stockpickr —
which combines social networking and stock recommendations — was founded by
James Altucher, who Ehrenberg describes as "a technology entrepreneur; a hedge
fund manager; a widely published author" and, oh yeah, a "friend." But ambitious
tech geeks searching for success in the Web 2.0 world will be most interested in
Ehrenberg's prescription for glory:
All that remains is for smart, insightful, dedicated entrepreneurs
to develop new, relevant vertical apps and for the large strategic acquirers to
get with the program and get busy extracting maximum value from the Internet.
That's all it takes: Be smart. Be persistent. And come up with a great idea. Who
knew? —Jeffrey Kanige
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