Archive for January, 2011

• How I Screwed Yasser Arafat out of $ 2mm (and lost $ 100mm in the process)
  Posted by James Altucher on January 21st, 2011 at 1:08 am, Comments: 0

  I needed to make one hundred million dollars pretty fast. You know how it is. There are bills to pay. There are things you want [...]

• Was Buddha a Bad Father?
  Posted by James Altucher on January 20th, 2011 at 8:08 am, Comments: 0

  I have a very wealthy friend who has three homes, is going to inherit a growing business, has a stunningly beautiful wife, and yesterday his [...]

• The 5 Reasons Freakonomics was a Bestseller
  Posted by James Altucher on January 18th, 2011 at 5:35 pm, Comments: 0

  The day before his book, Freakonomics, was to be released, Stephen Dubner and I were playing Backgammon at our favorite diner on the Upper West [...]

• How to Lose All Your Friends
  Posted by James Altucher on January 18th, 2011 at 7:29 am, Comments: 0

  I went into the 7-11, got a can of Pringles, a bottle of water, a NY Post, and went to the cashier. I asked her, [...]

• Was Jesus a Geek?
  Posted by James Altucher on January 17th, 2011 at 11:36 am, Comments: 0

  When I was six years old I started telling all of my friends how Jesus walked on water. Forget The Green Lantern or Thor. Jesus [...]

• I don’t have cancer and I’m not going to commit suicide
  Posted by James Altucher on January 16th, 2011 at 9:58 am, Comments: 0

  “I think maybe you have cancer.” Max said to me. “Or you are planning on killing yourself sometime in the next week or so?” I [...]

• What it feels like to be Rich
  Posted by James Altucher on January 13th, 2011 at 11:22 am, Comments: 0

  After losing over one million a week, cash, for the entire summer of 2000, I was forced to sell my apartment. So one day in [...]

• Why I Might Die if I Don’t Go to India Next Week
  Posted by James Altucher on January 13th, 2011 at 6:10 am, Comments: 0

  I’m the worst form of addict, junkie, crackhead.  Particularly since I’ve been working on this blog. What I’m about to admit is perhaps the most [...]

• 10 Things I Learned Working With Jim Cramer
  Posted by James Altucher on January 11th, 2011 at 8:29 pm, Comments: 0

  The first time I met Cramer was on the set of his show “Mad Money”. The show hadn’t officially launched yet but he wanted to [...]

• How I Became a Writer (or … “my visit with the President of the United States”)
  Posted by James Altucher on January 10th, 2011 at 7:22 pm, Comments: 0

  On my 12th birthday in 1980 I called early in the morning to confirm my appointment at the White House. Specifically, I had a meeting [...]