Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn

InvestorPlace Contributor

Expertise: Technology, Biotech, Renewable energy

Education: M.S,J. Northwestern (Medill School) 1978; B.A. Rice University, History and Political Science 1977

Awards & Accomplishments: Tech reporter since 1982, Freelance since 1983, on Internet since 1985. Created first online coverage of Internet with a magazine, Interactive Age, 1994 Co-wrote BBS Systems for Business in 1991, Wrote Guide to Field Computing in 1992 Wrote technology history now called "Living with Moore's Law" in 2001, 2010, 2021 Author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction

About Dana:
Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978, a technology journalist since 1982, and an Internet journalist since 1985. He writes a Substack newsletter, Facing the Future, which covers technology, markets, and politics.

He has written a half-dozen technology books, several novels available at the Amazon Kindle store, and covered beats ranging from education to e-commerce, and from open source to renewable energy. He lives in Atlanta.

Recent Articles

Amazon’s Next Big Trick

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Despite falling 35% on the year AMZN stock is still the best stock you can buy, thanks to advertising generated through its cloud.

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Desperate to Find the Bottom

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

WBD stock describers its news, sports and entertainment assets as a "bundle," but it's a small one next to its competitors.

Paypal has Fallen, But Can it Get Up?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

PayPal is still growing and profitable as an alternative to MasterCard and Visa.

Investors Waiting For the “Buy” Signal in Snowflake Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Snowflake is growing fast but losing money. Investors will seek bargains in money-making tech before turning back to SNOW stock.

Twitter: The Musk Credibility Gap is Back

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

TWTR stock and Twitter's best hope of success is to sue Musk for backing away and let CEO Parag Agrawal do his job. That seems unlikely.

Can Retailers Like Target Return to Pre-Pandemic Normal After Recent Hiccup

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Target earnings were nearly cut in half by inflation and inventories rose, as retailing returned to a pre-pandemic normal.

ChargePoint Stock Is Waiting for its Market to Develop

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

ChargePoint sells electric charging stations and should be there when the market explodes. But it hasn't exploded yet.

SoFi’s Future Is Bright, Just Not Right Now

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

SoFi has been hit by rising interest rates and a falling stock price, which increase its cost of capital against bigger banks.

Black Rifle Coffee Hopes to Avoid Being a Red State Icarus

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Black Rifle Coffee continues to expand its retail footprint rapidly, but it will fail unless it can get operating losses under control.

Twilio Is Still Valuable, Despite its Fall

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twilio's organic income grew 42% in the first quarter, but losses expanded so the stock fell

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