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

With Roku Stock, It’s Time to Bet on Anthony Wood

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Roku founder Anthony Wood is under pressure to make moves for the streaming company after ROKU stock saw its price fall by 25% in a month.

Don’t Make the Mistake That Amazon Made With Its Bet on Clean Energy Fuels

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

The late oilman T. Boone Pickens created Clean Energy Fuels as a "bridge" between gasoline and renewables. But do we need that bridge?

SCWorx Proves That Not All Tech Stocks Are Growth Stocks

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

In past decades, you might buy WORX stock betting it will be bought by a bigger company. Today the reason to buy is the short squeeze game.

Clover Health Stock Harbors More Weeds Than Daisies

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Clover Health claims to be a data-driven Medicare Advantage provider, but every health insurer is a data-driven Medicare Advantage provider.

Investors Are Still Looking at Exela Technologies for the Short Squeeze

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Exela Technologies has sold $144 million in new shares so far this year, but still has $1.5 billion in debt and a market cap of $157 million. Meanwhile, XELA stock sits in the sights of hungry shorts.

It’s Time to Double Down on Intel Stock

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

With a potential boost from the infrastructure bill, Intel can take the lead in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and benefit INTC stock.

DraftKings: Big Bets! Big Risks! Big Pay-0ff?

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

DraftKings is making deals to attain dominance in the online sports betting market. But one of its first deals includes big risks the SEC is looking into.

Second Quarter Shows the Slow Build Is Underway for Stem

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Stem's efforts to bring utility grids into the 21st century is proceeding, but expect two more years of losses for STEM stock.

On SPAC Stage, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Is Godot to $35 Investors

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

Since failing to buy a stake in Universal Music Group, Reddit chatter has died down concerning Pershing Square Tontine Holdings. PSTH is back near its original $20 a share price.

ContextLogic Stock Could Pop as It Moves Into the Fintech Arena

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor

New executive chair Jacqueline Reses is recruiting a new C-Suite at ContextLogic, hoping to make WISH a combination of Shopify, Five Below and Affirm.

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