Filed in archive Technology
by tj on August 27, 2004
Source: www.shhq.com The Businessweek argues that Korea is targeting this promising sector of the entertainment industry heavily and indeed they are in a good position:......
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 27, 2004
Tegan mails in his success story: "Looking to launch a brand new label from scratch in the high profile commodity beer industry? Don't intend to spend a cent on advertising, traditional...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 25, 2004
Apparently not, but after 2 rather surprising rounds today comes another funding news: Vonage announces a $105 million round today: "The company, which enables users worldwide to make phone calls...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 25, 2004
Is blogging the hype of the moment or is it sustainable? Another vendor for blogging related tools got a serious investment - Socialtext.com: "Socialtext closed its Series A round with existing...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 25, 2004
Russell sends in Om Malik's report of the Technorati funding. You may expect a decent round but far from it: "EXCLUSIVE: RSS feeds have become beloved apps for all bloggers. And now it is the...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 23, 2004
Another week, another Carnival at Creative Weblogging - this time Russell at the Mobile Weblog is right there to bring you the best from the business blogosphere.........
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 23, 2004
I admit I should have known thsi one but somehow it slipped through. Tornado Insider offers a pretty ok database for European VC backed companies. After the demise of VCBuzz (and their free database)...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 19, 2004
Rajesh links to Brad Feld's wonderful guideline for bootstrapping: "Pick a domain and go deep: If your answer to "What kind of company are you going to start?" is something like...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 19, 2004
techblurbs links to an answer to this question arguing not to raise VC at all: "When financing your business, look at all your options first; look to your savings, look at your personal expenses...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on August 19, 2004
Source: www.it-training.com What is going on with affiliate program managing companies? There have been many start-ups in the last five years and there is strong level of competition that should keep...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 18, 2004
Source: www.mediabistro.com - Testimonial Rochelle Services marketplaces have been a big thing in the 1999/2000 era and sadly only some really took off. Now Laurel Touby founder of mediabistro is...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 18, 2004
Russell has an excellent post (though I can't accept his notion about ft :-) analyzing the recent rush of investments in mobile gaming companies: "But why is it that otherwise rational...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 18, 2004
Source: www.hangar.no We had Ryanair here some weeks ago - now Fast Company has a bullish article on Jetblue: "And Neeleman has an even grander flight plan for JetBlue: He aims to vault his...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on August 18, 2004
Source: www.nro.nao.ac.jp Clay Shirky and The Economist have published essays this week about the opportunities opening up for low-frequency free spectrum. Honestly I hadn't spedn much before...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 18, 2004
not entirely but a good 25% stake. No details have been given about the transaction but it's a surprising step considering the "non-profit" aura craigslist nurtured usually....
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 15, 2004
Barry mails in the latest trends in VC fundings in the area: "Conclusion: The significant improvement in venture valuations that was seen in the first quarter of 2004 has continued and increased...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 13, 2004
Source: www.alexa.com/ Consulting is people's business even more so is legal consulting. So what do you do if you want to combine word-of-mouth marketing and the internet - you turn to social...
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by tj on August 13, 2004
Source: www.alexa.com/ Paul Allen writes about the unusual bio of Michael Moritz and nails down one important success formula: "In the Francisco interview, Moritz says in order to build a...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 12, 2004
Source: www.kyamk.fi The Economist points to new paper from Edwar Glaeser who examines the roles of "good" institutions in spurring economic growth: "OVER the past 15 years or so,...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 06, 2004
VC Panel has an update about recent VC statistics in Germany: - 78 deals have been closed in the quarter - � 145 Mio have been invested - 25 first round investments have been made - 3i Germany, TVM,...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 06, 2004
Source: www.howstuffworks.com Jeff has a nice anecdote: "12 European high tech stars. Here's the basic problem with the European technology industry... my friend Frans is a VC based in...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 06, 2004
I had always been convinced that VCs should build the spearhead of economic liberalization and embrace cross-border M&A. In a recent article with VDI - Nachrichten Hendrik Brandis founder of...
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Filed in archive Politics
by tj on August 05, 2004
Source: www.equilibri.net The Economist reports about the new reforms which should be better coined as a restart of the economy in Georgia: "Next year---if not sooner---he will cut the rate of...
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