Stockpickr: The Controversial Deal That Built A $10 Mil Company – with James Altucher
When James Altucher made a daring deal to give TheStreet.com 50% of his unlaunched business, a star employee was so shocked that he quit.
The guy had no idea that this crazy-sounding deal would generate millions of hits for Stockpickr, the investment advice site which was launched on a shoestring, and lead to a lucrative sale in under a year.
James is a much better storyteller than I am, so I won’t spoil the story for you by revealing the deal here, but I promise you’ll love it. Grab the interview now.
James Altucher is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has launched and sold three separate businesses, including Stockpickr. Of course he does this in addition to daytrading, futures trading, arbitrage, value investing, private equity investing, and whatnot. He’s also an amazing writer.
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