I am approached by hundreds of people every year pitching me their respective value propositions. Some real polished and smart, others amazingly ineffective and clueless. So what makes someone smart? I’ve known a lot of very bright people but their limit of understanding centers around one particular domain. I’ve known others where you could have a conversation with them around literally any topic. I think the key difference is that everyone has some understanding around specific issues. The key is to not inundate the smart money you are approaching with all the dazzling BS the majority of ent ..read more

As the dawn of 2024 sets upon us, it is incumbent upon me to impart a nugget of wisdom to my followers standing on the precipice of the ever-evolving frontiers of investing. In this relentless and unforgiving domain, where fortunes are made and squandered in equal measure, a hard truth must be acknowledged and embraced. Here it is, unvarnished and stark: Before you even dare to dip a toe into the tumultuous waters of investing, take a long, hard look in the mirror. Know who you are! Make no mistake, investing is war – a brutal clash of intellects, wills, and nerves. If you lack the mettle, the ..read more

It is clear today that our Top Nation’s Wealth Creators Create Trillions of Dollars of Wealth, yet Politicians Want To Destroy Them Look at it this way…. It is a fact that the “Magnificent Seven” stocks — Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla — account today for almost all of the gains in the stock market this year. None of them are Japanese, German, or Chinese. All seven are American companies. They are globally dominant. They are the very symbols of America’s tech dominance in the first quarter of the 21st century. They are single-handedly keeping 401k plans and retiremen ..read more

Wealth creation and the financial empowerment to truly live a life of freedom and prosperity doesn’t just come out of thin air. Despite what a lot of social “gurus” will try to sell you, building REAL wealth is not some get rich quick scheme. It takes a lot of hard work, and I’m not just talking about physical, grunt work. Most of it is mental. It’s all about having a shark-like mentality. Be the great white shark amongst all the little fish in the sea. This is how you win. So what does it take to develop a shark-like mentality? Well, there are quite a few things that I’ve learned over the yea ..read more

I see hundreds of business plans a year and there is not one of them who doesn’t show a constant hockey stick growth with no record of profitability if any. Go figure… Let’s set the record straight folks. The critical success in ensuring a constant company and business growth is in learning to recognize disruptive trends in the industry and market and to acknowledge your past and present status involved. Getting the money is somewhat straightforward – if you have a great idea, get caught in a current trend, and can present an effective plan, you will find an investor somewhere. The key point t ..read more

As part of Blackhawk’s close group of family and friends; and to set the record straight, I thought I’d share with you the Classic “deal killers” that we encounter when reviewing the more than 2,000 business plans submitted to us on the average a year By “deal killers” I really mean the generic statements for you to avoid when submitting your “Elevator Pitch” I hope this short list will better assist you fine tune your “Value Proposition” when approaching us for funding. The following list is not exhaustive, but outlines a few scenarios in which we’d kill a deal in an instant 1. There is no co ..read more

We are at a crisis point in history the likes of which has not been seen since World War I (1914). The leadership of Biden and the West at large has been so incompetent that we may have passed the point of no return. So, what is really happening out there? Today, Russia has invaded Ukraine, and is taking major unexpected losses. One may not like Ukraine’s Zelensky, but Putin is the aggressor. And Russia became isolated from the US and its allies, though India, China and other nations continue to buy oil and trade with Russia. So also, being somewhat isolated – not as much as it should be – Ira ..read more

In late March of 2020, one of the greatest wealth transfers of my lifetime began. It remade our world—or at least it remade my world. Those who recognized Covid as a hoax, were there to reap the rewards. Others who cowered in fear, were the victims. While I pressed the accelerator on exposure and risk, others sought safety in rapidly depreciating cash, or worse, shorted risk assets while they hid from benign germs. Now, as we enter the great macro dreamscape, I realize that Covid was simply a warm-up for what seems almost inevitable. Rarely has the world’s only superpower undergone a self-immo ..read more

Censorship of the Internet has been getting worse for years, but it seems we just crossed a threshold which is going to take things to a whole new level. On August 25th, a new law known as the “Digital Services Act” went into effect in the European Union. Under this new law, European bureaucrats will be able to order big tech companies to censor any content that is considered to be “illegal”, “disinformation” or “hate speech”. That includes content that is posted by users outside of the European Union, because someone that lives in the European Union might see it. In the past, there ..read more

There is something tyrannical and anti-American about a White House that takes to court one of the nation’s most innovative and profitable companies on the grounds that the company is TOO successful, and consumers like it TOO much. That is the essence of the Biden vs. Google case that went to trial before a federal court this week. I know many of my readers don’t like Google’s politics and some of its search algorithms – and neither do I. But putting that aside, the villain in this case is the Justice Department – not Google. I have noted many times the reason that the United States emerged as ..read more