Venture Society

There used to be 3 things you could be certain of: Death, taxes and the US Dollar as the world’s reserve currency. But is the US Dollar’s recent weakness the beginning of the end? Many “YouTube experts”, investors that can fog a mirror and self-proclaimed gurus have jumped on this […]

As I was wandering around on the “interwebs” the other night, I happened to run across an ad for a new short-form streaming service Quibi. In it, a staggering number of celebrities wearing hastily made costumes on haphazardly fashioned “sets” were re-enacting one of my all-time favorite movies, The Princess […]

When I was studying guitar in high school, my focus largely centered on classical music. Primarily, that meant learning tons of excerpts from Bach’s Lute Suites, or pieces by guitar-specific composers like Mauro Giuliani, Isaac Albeniz, and Agustin Barrios. I genuinely loved both the material and my teacher – an […]

The price of Copper has been on a tear. There’s an expectation in the markets that the big copper mines in Chile and Peru will be shutting down due to the virus. Combine that with the market’s belief that the government of China will stimulate their economy and thus buy […]

Back in my musician days, our tour schedule tended to be weighted toward the college semester, as those were our strongest markets. And as a result, we usually had a lot of time off in the summer to spend with family and friends. For me, that meant I’d watch a […]

I’m so excited for baseball season to start this week, I can barely contain myself. I’ve got my subscription to MLB.TV ready to go, some Nathan’s Famous hot dogs – the official wiener of MLB – ready to grill up, and some Miller Lite getting cold in the fridge. Yeah, […]

It’s a well-known strategy in cycling to win races. Cyclists ride in a peloton formation to conserve energy by drafting behind lead riders. The cyclists take turns being in the front and spending most of the energy. But for the riders behind the leaders, the resulting decrease in air resistance […]

In case you couldn’t tell from the piece I wrote about Carl Reiner a couple of weeks ago, I’m a huge comedy nerd. And while I didn’t really get to dedicate much space to the subject last time because Reiner’s 7-decade (!!!) career was so prolific, it was very much […]

Have you ever wondered why the majority of Google’s products are free? Or why Facebook doesn’t charge you for a monthly subscription? It’s simple: YOU are the product. And your data is the valuable resource they’re after. The digital trackers they use to grab the information sound harmless enough: “cookies” and “pixels.” […]