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

Tesla Bears Should Just Give Up

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla's rise to over $1 trillion is driven by bears who continue to sell it short. Once everyone is a bull, however, there's nowhere to go but down.

Vinco Ventures Stock Is Looking for Fools to Believe. Don’t Be One of Them

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Former MoviePass CEO Ted Farnsworth has a new creation, which he plans to rename Zash. You don't want any part of it.

A Bet on Meta Remains a Bet on Zuckerberg That I’m Not Willing To Make

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Mark Zuckerberg is trying to execute the biggest high wire act in the history of business, creating a virtual reality platform while defending the past of the company formerly known as Facebook

Lucid Stock Is Valued Like an Industry Leader Rather Than a Newcomer

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Lucid is getting rapturous reviews for its Air sedan, but its future depends on scaling production of lower-priced vehicles

Rocket Companies Is a Simple Company With Needless Volatility

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rocket Companies makes mortgages. Rocket Companies sells mortgages. There's nothing more exciting to it than that, although management would like there to be.

Fubo Stock Looks Less Like a Speculation and More Like a Good Bet Here

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Fubo is willing to pay for local sports rights because it focuses on young men who may also become gamblers.

It’s Never Too Late To Get In On a Great Stock Like Cloudflare

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Investors waiting for a dip in NET stock may not get one, as Cloudflare is run by arguably the smartest CEO of the cloud era.

Loyalty Points Market Bakkt Now Backed by the Finance Industry

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Want to convert your Starbucks loyalty points to Bitcoin? Bakkt offers exchanges like that, making BKKT stock an intriguing possibility.

Amazon: The Value Stock Trap

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon was hurt by slowing purchases in its low-margin sales business, but the cloud grew by 39% year-over-year, at scale.

FuelCell Energy Will Justify the Hype Over the Long-Term

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

FCEL stock has been rising and falling on the outlook for electric cars. But the company has nothing to do with them

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