Hello, Mike. What’s happening? Uh… we have sort of a problem here. Yeah. You apparently didn’t put one of the new coversheets on your Prosper linkfest reports. Mmmm. Yeah. You see, we’re putting the coversheets on all the Prosper linkfest reports now…
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March 21st, 2008 — , linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Final Prosper Days Roundup
March 13th, 2008 — , Prosper Day's, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
In the final roundup of Prosper Days commentary (previous ones), LoanChimp did a 7 part recap of his Prosper Days experience. LC was notable for being the most experienced lender on the high-ROI panel, and spread his chimpy-wisdom to all who would list…
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February 27th, 2008 — Prosper Days, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
I promise you, the title is much cooler when the Blues Brothers sing it. And on that note, we’re into more Prosper Days Linkfest-o-rama-mania. I guess after all this is over I’ll have to go back to actually writing about something instead of linking to…
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Vicarious Live-Blogging: Prosper Days
February 26th, 2008 — Prosper Days, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Since I’m not actually at Prosper days, I have to vicariously live-blog from home. Consider this a Prosper Days linkfest. If you’re looking for staying up on what’s happening, try IRC. I’ll post more as the reports roll in (right after the late night p…
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February 12th, 2008 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
It’s been too long since my last linkfest, so time to have at it…
Prosper Steering Borrowers Away From 25K Loans
With my recent loan on Prosper I tried to keep an eye out for interesting stories along the way. In this case I found something I didn…
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Brains In Vegas Stay In Vegas
January 17th, 2008 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
CES and Las Vegas were great, but my brain hasn’t recovered. Instead of something insightful, you get a linkfest.
How I Overcame My Fear of Lending Money on Prosper.com
I’ve invested in the stock market for more than 15 years. I own mutual funds th…
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January 6th, 2008 — collections, legal, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Why is it that all kinds of news start happening when I’m having to scrounge around for both time and a wireless connection (and CES starts tomorrow - it was nice having all this free time). So, I’m gonna knock this out and go have breakfast.
Prosper …
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December 26th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Merry Christmas to one and all. We’re an equal-opportunity blog, however, and would like to also extend a happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and Festivus to you too! And have a joyous Boxing Day too.
My Experience As An HR Borrower
It is poss…
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December 15th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
That’s right. Fair and balanced linking. After editorial review. And my personal slant. And the bribes (I’m fair and balanced in my bribe taking, though).
zommodore ponders Prosper’s growth (round 1 and round 2 - round 2 shown):
As you can see from t…
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December 8th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
All I have to say is “SQUIRREL!!!”
fred93 posted an update on Prosper’s default rates and he wasn’t too keen on how they’re calculated:
One problem with the 2.7% number is found in the choice of numerator. The numerator in this fraction includes onl…
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December 1st, 2007 — linkfest, press release from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Unlike many stores, I at least had the decency to avoid Christmas references until after Thanksgiving. Now onto the giftwrapped, linky goodness.
My MicroFinance - Zzzzz… Zopa.com
Have you ever been promised something, then that day comes and you do…
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November 27th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Tastes just like linkfest but with half the calories [*]
zcommodore: Loan size going up
I noticed that, while the number of loans being made had appeared to be going down, the size of loans is up significantly this month. (Note this graph shows only …
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November 17th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Don’t forget your hat!
Finance Is Personal tries to figure out if Prosper is competitive with other investments:
Prosper.com might not be able to beat out a typical mutual fund in terms of investment, but it is several steps ahead of a savings accoun…
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November 10th, 2007 — interview, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Right after buying linkfest the t-shirt and linkfest the flame thrower, check out the latest from around the web (and if you have no clue what I’m referring too, catch up on your Mel Brooks movies):
Hyve Up has done a video interview with Chris Larson…
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November 3rd, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
RateLadder looks at thin slices of loans:
However, I would caution lender to think for themselves a little bit. Speaking as one who has analyzed a bunch of Prosper data if you sliced the current loan data into 54 equal segments (see graph at the bott…
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October 19th, 2007 — interview, linkfest, press release from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Old McLinker had some links, E-I-E-I-O…
Visible Banking did a video interview with Chris Larson right after his Finovate presentation. Was he careful not to talk about features that may or may not be appearing in the future? You be the judge.
Peer-…
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A Linkfest By Any Other Name Is Just As Lazy
October 12th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
And into the links!
zcommodore, 36% Interest Rates?
There are rumors flying about new information provided by Chris Larsen at the Hawaii Meet & Greet that I mentioned in my last post. One of them is the possibility that Prosper will raise t…
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Friday Linkfest Junket
September 28th, 2007 — interview, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
I’ve been having a linkfest every Friday. Why stop now?
And on we go…
TechDumpster has a rundown on the (hypothetical) Zopa versus Prosper match-up:
Although Zopa is the only service of its kind in the United Kingdom,
when they do finally make it t…
Linkfest
September 21st, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
It’s Friday and I’ve had a long week at the day job (hence, few posts), so now I’m just lazy. Let the linkfest begin…
Lending Club comes out:
This is it. The great moment we have been working towards: expanding Lending Club beyond Facebook and maki…
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September 12th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
RateLadder spotted that Prosper Andrew requested a loan:
This is a $10,000 Loan that started at 15%. It is currently @ 7%. While I have every faith that Andrew will repay the loan. I have a hard time justifying the current rate. The highest yeildi…
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August 31st, 2007 — Prosper, default, linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
Some more interesting reading stumbled upon by yours truely…
Lies, damn lies, and statistics in PhD candidate publishes empirical analysis of Prosper:
The results are certainly interesting. One thing that catches my eye is the homeowner determinati…
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August 20th, 2007 — linkfest from Mike @ Prosperous Land
A bit of linkage to start into the week.
On the Prosper Upgrades
Major Prosper Upgrade: “There is a major Prosper Upgrade tonight… I apologize for not trying any other these features, but I am on vacation an thus here is a reprint of the announceme…
