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'''James Altucher''' is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, venture capitalist and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies. He has published 20 books, and he is a contributor to publications including [[The Financial Times]] and The Huffington Post.
==Career==
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From 2002–2005, he traded for several hedge funds, and from 2004–2006, he ran a fund of hedge funds.<ref name="bw" />
In 2006, Altucher founded the financial social network StockPickr.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Dealbook|title=Before Stockpickr.com, a Hedge Fund Deal Not Done|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/before-stockpickr-a-hedge-fund-deal-not-done/|publisher=New York Times|date=20 November 2007}}</ref> The website was named one of ''[[Time Magazine]]'''s 50 Best Websites of 2007.<ref name="time">{{cite news|last=Murray Buechner|first=Maryanne|title=50 Best Websites 2007: Stockpickr|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1633488_1633530_1633565,00.html|publisher=Time|date=8 July 2007}}</ref> Stockpickr was later sold to TheStreet.com for $10 million according to an SEC filing from TSCM in April, 2007.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}
In 2017, he moved into advising on [[cryptocurrency]] investing,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meet-man-behind-bitcoin-genius-ads-internet-134441715.html|title=Meet the man behind those ‘bitcoin genius’ ads all over the internet|last=Wolff-Mann|first=Ethan|date=18 January 2016|work=Yahoo! Finance|access-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}</ref> despite having condemned [[Bitcoin]] in 2013 as "a fad, or a scam, or a ponzi scheme, or worse."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/heres-how-scammers-are-using-fake-news-to-screw-with-bitcoin|title=Here’s How Scammers Are Using Fake News To Screw With Bitcoin Investors. |last=Mac|first=Ryan|date=18 January 2018|work=BuzzFeed News|access-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|last2=Lytvynenko|first2=Jane|language=en}}</ref> However, in May, 2013, he built a store to sell his book, "''Choose Yourself''" for Bitcoin a month before he released it on Amazon. He was interviewed by Business Insider about this and why he reversed his stance on Bitcoin. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/james-altucher-choose-yourself-bitcoin-2013-5|title=This Guy Is Selling His Book Exclusively Via Bitcoin|work=Business Insider|access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>
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Dan Dzombak of [[The Motley Fool]] named Altucher's book ''Choose Yourself'' among the 12 Best Business Books of All Time.<ref name="12 Best Business Books of All Time">{{cite web|last1=Dzombak|first1=Dan|title=12 Best Business Books of All Time|url=https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/06/the-12-best-business-books-of-all-time.aspx|website=The Motley Fool|date=6 November 2014}}</ref>
In 2016,
== References ==
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