Matt Bernier

This was originally posted as a reply to a post on a Facebook chat, discussing whether businesses should sell people or not on Empire Avenue. My opinion is that for people who are playing the game, it doesn’t matter whether you sell – it does not reflect on you as a person or on your game play. Anyone who asks my why I sold will be told exactly why I sold them, not because I don’t like them (I block people I don’t like – and that’s only happened once) It’s because your divs are crappy or your ticker is suffering some horrible tragedy, more than likely because you aren’t playing (yes, I keep vacationers). For a business I see… » Read More

I finally decided what my goals are, what I am going to do and how I am going to track my progress.  This took nearly a week, since I had tons of great people making suggestions and giving great reasons why I should or should not be doing specific things with my experiment.  You can see my proposal here: http://www.mkbernier.com/2011/07/28/an-eav-tactics-experiment/  One of the main things I wanted to do was to keep this as simple as possible, while being able to track what I am doing, reaching my goals and having fun (i.e. not having to “work” at this game). My Goals Grow my wealth and get in the top 100 with overall wealth in the US Get my average… » Read More

There is a metric ton of information about Empire Avenue out on the internet right now.  People like Chris Pirillo and Chris Voss have written their own articles and have even done audio and video interviews about the strategies they have employed to get to the top.  The problem I have found is that the only concrete data available is that they are at the top of the game and the articles they have written. I respect both of these guys for the work they have done and the numbers they have put up (and the eaves they have made me in-game).  I have to point out that both of these guys are relatively well known online and put up… » Read More