Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on June 29, 2006
Knowledge@Wharton cites research (PDF) from Peter Linneman and Albert Saiz about how population growth will happen in the US until 2020. "The greatest future growth in the United States is likely...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on June 27, 2006
In response to the announcements from Skype and others to make specific calls free, Jajah comes with an announcement on its own: "The deal applies to calls placed within the top two zones of...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on June 27, 2006
Alarm:Clock reports about the angel network that the Samwers have started: "In business as investors for about nine months now, the European Founders Fund has enetered the equity of 7 startups, 4...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on June 27, 2006
Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP has started his retirement do-good fund called HassoPlattnerVentures. No big guessing who invests here and runs the fund - here is what Tech Confidential says:...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on June 27, 2006
Akimbo the company that produces that TV box that works with your internet connection has convinced investors to put another $15.5m into the company: "AT&T and Cisco, as well as venture...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on June 27, 2006
Hamburg, Germany based eprofessional GmbH, probably the largest Search Engine Optimization Company in Germany has been sold to Zanox. Co-founder Christian Petersen (pictured) and Michael Scheland...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 21, 2006
Creative Weblogging has a new baby called Bootstrapme - there Shawn A. Hessinger has two daily updates about how you successfully Bootstrap your business. Pretty helpful stuff - here is a introduction...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 21, 2006
Enclosed is a picture of the panel last Friday I could be part of - it was more livley as it looks here :) My personal highlight was Saturday morning's speech by Ray Kurzweil - probably the best...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 16, 2006
We are having a great time here at TieCon - the organizers have brought in hundreds of Indian entrepreneurs and business executives who listen to the intellectual creme-de-la-creme of Bostons...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 14, 2006
Nathan at Npost sends in a pointer for the collection of entrepreneurial interviews he and the team have collected. The latest ones include: - Interview with Pete Flint of Trulia.com on Monday, June...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 07, 2006
Youtube has taken the online video world by storm and is already a phenomenon on its own. It's happily burning millions to get the widest market share and exposure. But for users Youtube simply...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 07, 2006
Thanks to Lead21 another superb event unfolded in Silicon Valley yesterday this time with Carly Fiorina. Carly stressed several points that I suppose will be a centerpiece of her upcoming book. The...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on June 07, 2006
Chris Campbell at ParticleTree reflects on his funding experiences: "1) Who else have you spoken to? I believe every single investor asked this early on and I'm not completely sure why they...
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