The press loves Timothy’s remarkable story and work ethic, but since announcing in November 2007 his intention of repeating his feat of turning $12,415 into $1.65 million and detailing every step along the way to teach others, he has declined numerous press requests to focus on this singular goal.
Nearly 4 years into this challenge, Timothy has meticulously grown his Thinkorswim account by over 1,500% to $200,937 (see all recent trades HERE), becoming the #1 ranked trader out of 60,000+ traders on Covestor for the past 4 consecutive years…but he will not rest until he reaches his goal of $1.65 million…
He still does the occasional interview for friends like Andrew Warner of Mixergy and Andrew Horowitz “The Disciplined Investor”, but until Timothy’s account stands at $1.65 million Timothy only does media every once in a while:
August 23, 2011: American Express Open Forum: 9 Essential Action Items Every New Entrepreneur
August 9, 2011: American Express Open Forum: 10 Best Practices For Your Human Resources Department
August 8, 2011: Marketwatch 8 Trading Strategies For A Stock Market Crash
August 1, 2011: Marketwatch 7 Ways To Identify An Imminent Market Crash (days before the US stock markets crashed 15%)
July 29, 2011: About.com Profile: Tim Sykes Got His Business Noticed with a Compelling Personal Narrative
July 18, 2011: Huffington Post: Justin Bieber Fights Texting While Driving
July 12, 2011: Gawker: The Shady Company Behind Justin Bieber’s Anti-Texting Crusade
June 24, 2011: SmartMoney.com: 5 Sites for Hot Stock Tips
June 24, 2011: Under30CEO: How to Successfully Manage a Team Remotely
June 23, 2011: Portfolio.com: Social Studies: Millennials Hit the Networks
June 22, 2011: AllBusiness.com: Living Life On The Move
June 14, 2011: American Express OPEN Forum: How To Compete With The Big Boys
June 9, 2011: Huffington Post: Entrepreneurial Burnout? 17 Tricks To Get Over The Hump
May 24, 2011: Frontpage MSN Money “Justin Bieber’s Penny Stock Trouble”
May 24, 2011: Business Insider Justin Bieber Endorses A Broke Money-Losing App Company Owned By A Convicted Felon
May 24, 2011: New Times Justin Bieber Endorsed Troubled Local Phone App Created by Convicted Felon
May 23, 2011: The Wall Street Journal 8 Must Reads For Monday
May 19, 2011: The Wall Street Journal The 8 Most Important Must-Reads for Thursday
May 9, 2011 Huffington Post: 9 Stellar Websites for Wannabe Entrepreneurs
May 6, 2011 AOL: 24 Tricks for Terrible Networkers (or How to Meet Anyone Anywhere)
May 6, 2011 AllBiz: Reaching Out to Angel Investors
May 4, 2011: AMEX Open Forum: 17 Must-Have Mobile And Web Apps For Entrepreneurs
May 2, 2011 FOX Business: Knowing When to Throw in the Towel
Feb 23, 2011: Yahoo! Finance: The Toughest Thing About Building My Penny Stock Advisory Business Was Getting Investors To Trust Me
Dec 1, 2010: Something Like 30 Questions & Answers With The Kirk Report
Sep 15, 2010: Post & Courier Stock surge sparks nasty comments
Aug 4, 2010: The French Press Couldn’t Help But Feature Me On The Front Page
May 9, 2010: My Wprost Polish Magazine Feature Article
April 11, 2010: “The New Pied Pipers Of Wall Street”
Nov 28, 2009: How To Trade Breaking News: An Interview With The Securities Industry News
Sep 28, 2009: Talking Penny Stocks & Distressed Blue-Chips With The LA Times
Sept 17, 2009: The NY Post Article On SpongeTech, Featuring Yours Truly
Jun 23, 2009: Check Out My Appearance On ABC’s 20/20
Feb 28, 2009: My Feature Article In Crain’s Business Journal
Previous Press
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December 12th, 2006 – Growing Pains |
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December 8th, 2006 – Culturally, Hedge Funds Go Public |
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December 6th, 2006 – For Better Or Worse HFs Are Now Icons |
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October 23rd, 2006 – Junior Barons Go Hi-Definition |
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October 23rd, 2006 – WSW: Money, Stress and Kickboxing |
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October 18th, 2006 – Wall Street TV |
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August 30th, 2006 – Top 30 Under 30 |
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August 8th, 2006 – Upcoming Stars Shine |
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July 26th, 2006 – Magazine Toasts Star Traders |
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April 4th, 2006 – 30 Percent, That’s Chutzpah |
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March 27th, 2006 – Young Manager Profile |
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March 6th, 2006 – Wanted: Fund Manager, No Experience Necessary |
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April 4th, 2005 – Pessimistic, Unpatriotic, You’re a Short Bias Fund |
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February 22nd, 2005 – Meet The Manager |
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March 27th, 2003 – Another New Wunderkind |















