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by tj on June 30, 2005
The speed of innovation in VOIP tools is getting too fast for me - yet another 'Skype killer' called 'Jahah' reviewed by Robin Good: "1) Live text chat which can also go out to...
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by tj on June 30, 2005
I just had the pleasure to meet with Auren Hoffman - serial entrepreneur and full of new ideas. His latest venture Stonebrick Group has a interesting new offering - it takes over sales, marketing and...
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by tj on June 30, 2005
Fred Wilson has a laudation on Blog networks and the Blogging 2.0: "But more importantly, Blogging 2.0 has developed to the point that the $410 million that The New York Times paid for About.com...
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by tj on June 30, 2005
It has been great to work with Russell Buckley over at the Mobile Weblog for the last 13 months since he started the Mobile Weblog with us. Russell did an incredible job finding the best in the...
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by tj on June 28, 2005
This article is highlighting one of the issues pretty prominent in Europe there seems to be an increasing linkage between the more hostile political opinion in Europe against the US and what...
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by tj on June 28, 2005
Well I would not bet on it but Michael Rogers at MSNBC thinks China is on the tracks building its own Silicon Valley: ""Zhongguancun" doesn't roll off the Western tongue easily,...
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by tj on June 28, 2005
Akimbo is a wonderful innovative device that we had covered in several sites already. The problem for Akimbo was always how to get better content as networks have been surprisingly reluctant to join...
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by tj on June 27, 2005
JEFF WACKER who holds the title of futurist at the EDS has a great piece about new break-through technologies: "There is an explosion coming. It will happen without making a sound. It will...
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by tj on June 27, 2005
Fast Company has this fine piece about Roger Cass - who is apparently a hell of an augur. "By studying the waves, Cass has compiled a perfect track record, predicting with total accuracy the big...
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by tj on June 27, 2005
Technology Review is taking a look on the Collaborative Journalism projects out there: "This new form of journalism differs from its more popular blogging cousin in that, unlike blogging, which...
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by tj on June 27, 2005
Some of you might have realized that you may haven gotten an email with a short note for our new design recently. We had no intention to spam your accounts - we just felt that this message would...
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by tj on June 22, 2005
Logoworks a company with a pretty interesting value proposition has received a very respectable round of $ 9.5 million from Benchmark Capital and Shasta Ventures Lead Investment. "LogoWorks is...
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by tj on June 21, 2005
I had the pleasure to join the very well organized AffiliateSummit last week in Las Vegas. The attending crowd of 500 people was a mix of marketing and publishing people. All the affiliate networks...
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by tj on June 21, 2005
It seems Creative Weblogging is on a nice growth trajectory - we are launching 4 new sites next week and will approach 40 sites then. We have seen nearly 1.8 million Page Impressions last month (not...
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by tj on June 20, 2005
Before venturing out into a round of financing you should either look for great lawyers working for you or take at least a deep look into a standard contract of a venture round. The (US) National...
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by tj on June 19, 2005
Here is a very nice overview about the companies bought by Google in the last years and some prospects out there: "Audioscrobbler/Last.fm - So far, Google hasn't made any inroads into the...
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by tj on June 17, 2005
Knowledge@Wharton analyzes Chinese "Ueber-Ecommerce" company alibaba.com: "But the company knows it must continue to innovate. "Currently, Alibaba's management is considering...
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by tj on June 17, 2005
Curtis just sends in news from the upcoming "Entrepreneurial Leadership and Business Advantage" conference in California. Curtis writes: "I would like to invite you to explore the ELBA...
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by tj on June 15, 2005
springwise.com reports about new site fundable.org. The idea is to give people who would like to pool financial resources a simple application. I honestly have no real idea for what I should use this...
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by tj on June 13, 2005
Brad Feld offers very good advice on how to compensate board members: - "Allow any board member to buy into the last VC round. - Option grant vesting annually over four years that is equivalent...
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by tj on June 07, 2005
Although I never invested into social software companies (as opposed to blogging ventures) I always found the concept intriguing and kept my mind open for business models to come. But as it turns out...
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by tj on June 07, 2005
The comparison shopping market has been a wild success for investors. Now Scripps a media holding company with a wide range of media properties plans to acquire Shopzilla.com for stunning $525...
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by tj on June 07, 2005
Don't miss this : "Here in late night talk show format are the ten ways to know if you (or a loved one) is an entrepreneur. 10. You can't bring yourself to call anyone "boss"....
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