1. Howard Lindzon is a Canadian Author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor.
22 Facts About Howard Lindzon
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Howard Lindzon was named one of The Best Tweets for Your Money in 2013 by Barron's.
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Howard Lindzon went to High School at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he graduated in 1986.
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Howard Lindzon then went on to receive a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Ontario before moving to the United States to attend Arizona State University for a Master of Business Administration.
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Howard Lindzon later received a Masters in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1991.
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Howard Lindzon met his future wife, Ellen, through a blind date in Phoenix, Arizona and they were married on May 7,1994.
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Howard Lindzon was principal at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners but now serves as a limited partner.
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Howard Lindzon utilizes funds for his work as an angel investor.
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Founder and sole creator of the podcast, Howard Lindzon described his vision for the show in the first teaser of two teasers that were released two days beforehand.
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Howard Lindzon was an early user of Twitter but once passed on the opportunity to invest in the company.
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Howard Lindzon still ended up with shares of Twitter due to his investment in BetaWorks when Twitter acquired Summize for its search engine.
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The idea for the company came from a 2008 blog post where Howard Lindzon suggested that Twitter would be great for stocks and markets.
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Howard Lindzon encourages new traders to spend time on StockTwits learning the language.
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Howard Lindzon was named one of The Best Tweets for Your Money in 2013.
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Later that same year, Howard Lindzon invested $50,000 from his hedge fund to follow traders as a part of a "social investing and social leverage" collaboration with Ditto Trade and his own StockTwits network.
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Howard Lindzon is highly accessible and provides formal and informal mentoring to entrepreneurs.
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Howard Lindzon spoke on why there's never been a better time to build a business at The Next Web Conference 2011.
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Howard Lindzon is an angel investor and the managing partner for holding company Social Leverage.
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Howard Lindzon has invested in Betaworks and with them like he did in supporting TweetDeck.
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When Klout was looking for investors in 2011, Howard Lindzon was one of the people interested.
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In 2012, Howard Lindzon provided part of the $2M in funding to DailyWorth as well as serving as an advisor.
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In 2013, Howard Lindzon presented at AMP Capital's Amplify Festival for angel investors in Australia.