Bill Erickson
New Media Entrepreneur

Who am I?

I'm a designer, a photographer, a consultant, a college student, a skiier, a net native, a theatre fanboy, and an Australian (if living there for three years counts). Here's some articles about me.

I have a coworking space in Downtown Bryan called The Creative Space, where I'm working on Erickson Media Group, Activist Apparel, and a few other projects.

I'm also one of the founders of the BIL Conference, a free unconference run in conjunction with TED.

Find me on

billerickson.net - my tumblelog, an aggregation of all my online activity.

You can also find me on flickr, twitter, facebook, del.icio.us, LinkedIn, Natuba, Upcoming.org, and Netflix.

281.797.1276
bill@billerickson.net
and here's my resume

Archive for April, 2008

My Hedge Fund Earns 115% Annually

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

How’s that for a sensational headline.
For one of my classes (FINC 421) we started our own hedge funds. We were given $30M in a program called StockTrak with the ability to buy 50% on margin, access to Bloomberg, and a few basic QUANT rules. Over 3 months we were able to generate over 20% return, [...]

The Morality of Ending Aging

Monday, April 21st, 2008

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Today I’m giving a talk on the moral issues associated with Aubrey de Grey’s research into “curing” aging. He’s approaching aging as a disease that needs to be cured, and while the science behind his work is relatively uncontroversial, many people are fundamentally opposed to life extension.
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