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Thom Calandra
Writer, editor , ThomCalandra.com (Owner)
www.ThomCalandra.com
Sausalito, California, United States
Business owner , Investor
Member since: May 14, 2007
Writer, editor , ThomCalandra.com (Owner)
www.ThomCalandra.com
Sausalito, California, United States
Business owner , Investor
Member since: May 14, 2007
About Thom
Bio
Thom Calandra’s novel “Pablo By Numbers” will be excerpted in autumn 2007 on the StockHouse.com group of web sites in Canada and the USA. Thom was a co-founder and a columnist and broadcaster at cbs marketwatch.
Investor
| Accredited | Yes |
| Areas of Interest | Entertainment and Digital Media, Health and Medical, Lifestyle and Travel |
Thom's connections (25)
| Roland Vogl | Co-founder, Vator, Inc. |
| Bill Sobolewski | Director & Co-Founder, NewGardens LLC |
| Andrew Farrell | partner, thomcalandra.com |
| XOOST.com Social Search | |
| David Saad | Chairman & CEO, Clupedia Corporation |
| Meliza Solan | Executive Producer, Vator, Inc. |
| Chris Campbell | Owner, Wine-Network.com |
| Rashida Rose | C.E.O, Diwrkz Multimedia |
| Kuori Kuori | KUORI.com |
| Muhammad Saeed | CEO, Confiz Solutions |
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Thom's comments (48)
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JOHN,
IN AN SHORT SPAN OF DEFLATION (look at today's PPI figures from the USA) ... or a long span ... THE BEST ADVICE IS PROBABLY PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE AND ELIMINATING ALL DEBT, IF THE PPOI FIGURES ARE TO BELIEVED, DOLLARS WILL BE SCARCE. BUT THEN, SO WILL EVERYTHING ELSE.
I AM NOT FORECASTING HERE OR READING TEA LEAVES. I AM SAYING THAT A DEVALUATION OF ASSETS, ESPP. IF IT IS RAPID AND LEAD TO A LATER REFLATION OF ASSETS BY SOVEREIGN BANKS AND GOVERNMENTS, IS PROBABLY AN OBSTABCLE COURSE OF CRAZY ZIGS AND ZAGS.
BEST,
THOMCALANDRA.COM
on Depression-proof business models (October 15, 2008)
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Terrific article. Rarely have I seen someone dissipate so precisely the clouds that swirl around the mysteries of F-stock. (Must be a lawyer.)
thomcalandra.com
on Founders' stock... (September 16, 2008)
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Peter Thiel is quite active in the world of start-ups. Besides Vator.tv, he is backing a collection of companies, such as Joyent,a cloud computing firm, with stakes of close to a half-million dollars.
In many ways, he is the common man's equivalent of Frank Quattrone, the biggest difference being Frank Q. has a smarter wardrobe than Peter does.
Peter knows the individual investor is out of the Web 2.0 (hate thatphrase, by the way!) formula ... until they get back on their feet in terms of assets and spending money.
Both Quattrone and Thiel ar brave souls in the galaxy of technology start-ups. They deserve watching.
-- thomcalandra.com
on Which bubble are we not in right now? (September 11, 2008)
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So yeah, this could be George Clooney's new web site ... or the Dixie Chicks' for that matter. The names change, in this case Mr. Kutcher's, to entertain the innocent. Meliza, I wonder what the goal of BlahGirls is. Is this for making $$$$? Is this an attempt to entertain boppers with cartoony video? Engage them. Perhaps even influence them. It is easy, as Meliza indicates, to be cynical about the actor's intentions as co-founder of the venture. I am willing to give BlahGirls a chance, if only to see if it reaches into the minds of its audience.
-- thomcalandra.com
on Ashton Kutcher on Blah Girls (September 08, 2008)
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Surprise surprise ... I am no fan of come-ons like the ones delivered by the Daily Candy store. Enough of the pitch already when it comes to online commerce, yeh?
Still, if Red ENvelope and Wine.com and other excellent online retailers cannot thrive -- ad in fact often are in danger of floundering -- because they do not pitch enough, well ... who am I to say Comcast is wrong. That is, if the company is buying the candy store.
This one is tooth sweet for me, tout suite.
ThomCalandra.com
on DailyCandy to be sold to Comcast for $75 mln? (July 25, 2008)
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Bambi interviews Thom
Posted: January 04, 2008
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Posted: January 04, 2008
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Thom and the Melt-Up Market for Innovation
Posted: November 13, 2007
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Posted: November 13, 2007
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