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I’m not a hero. I’m just an ordinary guy who gives a damn about the people who are investing & want to make sure they get a fair shake. | Founder @tocefinancial


The Adventures of Pete & Pete 📺 (1993)


Apple celebrates its 50th birthday next week, which is a reminder that “Forrest Gump” has Hollywood’s best angel investment ever: Gump and Lt. Dan early in Apple. They get to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak before the April 1976 launch and prior to first official $250k check from Mike Markkula, who briefly owned 1/3rd of Apple for his investment. That would value at Apple at $750k. Since Gump and Lt. Dan were unsophisticated shrimp guys instead of tech investors, they probably got pinched on valuation by Jobs and paid $100k for 10% of Apple. That would be worth $180m at the Apple IPO in 1980 ($1.8B market cap). An 1,800x return in 5 years. Gump is a loyal dude so probably sold everything when Jobs was booted in 1985. On the other hand, he thought Apple was a fruit company and is financially illiterate…so Gump is likely still holding that stake, which is now worth $300B+ (my calculator broke trying to figure out the ROI).



When someone says, “It was 20 years ago.” I think, “Ah yes, the 90s!” But then they tell me it was 2006 and I have to sit down for a bit.



Tesla Model Y is the world's best-selling car for 3 consecutive years 2023: #1 2024: #1 2025: #1 Cumulative global sales: 4,000,000+ units Not best-selling EV. Best-selling car. Period. Beating every gas, hybrid, and electric vehicle on Earth

Maryland homeowner gets roofing work done and then calls ICE before having to pay for completion













