Comments on: If you’ve run out of ideas, buy gold http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation Good advice for startups. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve @ Database Software http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation/comment-page-1#comment-2141 Steve @ Database Software Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:50:27 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=7207#comment-2141 Exciting stuff for sure, Thomas, but the pragmatist in me hopes we're creating goods and services with real value rather than just amazing each other. Exciting stuff for sure, Thomas, but the pragmatist in me hopes we’re creating goods and services with real value rather than just amazing each other.

]]> By: Senith @ MBA tutor http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation/comment-page-1#comment-2140 Senith @ MBA tutor Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:10:06 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=7207#comment-2140 Positive! Yes. Warren Buffet also said something like "if I were to be born again and could choose which country to live in, I will still choose the US" to explain why he is still bullish on the US. And most people will still do the same! Positive! Yes.

Warren Buffet also said something like “if I were to be born again and could choose which country to live in, I will still choose the US” to explain why he is still bullish on the US. And most people will still do the same!

]]> By: kid mercury http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation/comment-page-1#comment-2139 kid mercury Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:09:39 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=7207#comment-2139 i know lots of people don't understand gold, and they mistakenly think it is about fear. no, it is actually about economic freedom. see alan greenspan's essay, "gold and economic freedom," available for free on the web through a simple search. gold is the best performing asset since 2000 -- the time when the era of bubbles began. also, the US has gone from a nation of one income households with a positive savings rate to a two-income household with a negative savings rate, a trend that really took off when the gold standard was fully abandoned in 1971, which is also when the money supply began to explode. these are not mere coincidences, they are deeply significant facts. those who wish to see capital markets return to being a vehicle that helps build innovations that change the world may benefit from appreciating the role gold and sound money play in creating such markets. gold is the barometer of the markets that serves to keep government honest, which is precisely why big government hates gold. i know lots of people don’t understand gold, and they mistakenly think it is about fear. no, it is actually about economic freedom. see alan greenspan’s essay, “gold and economic freedom,” available for free on the web through a simple search. gold is the best performing asset since 2000 — the time when the era of bubbles began. also, the US has gone from a nation of one income households with a positive savings rate to a two-income household with a negative savings rate, a trend that really took off when the gold standard was fully abandoned in 1971, which is also when the money supply began to explode.

these are not mere coincidences, they are deeply significant facts. those who wish to see capital markets return to being a vehicle that helps build innovations that change the world may benefit from appreciating the role gold and sound money play in creating such markets. gold is the barometer of the markets that serves to keep government honest, which is precisely why big government hates gold.

]]> By: Mike Bishop http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation/comment-page-1#comment-2138 Mike Bishop Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:06:25 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=7207#comment-2138 That would be "seems" not "seams". :P That would be “seems” not “seams”.
:P

]]> By: Mike Bishop http://venturehacks.com/articles/innovation/comment-page-1#comment-2137 Mike Bishop Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:05:12 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=7207#comment-2137 I couldn't agree more. Very uplifting post in a time when news seams to be all bad. I couldn’t agree more. Very uplifting post in a time when news seams to be all bad.

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