Filed in archive Technology
by tj on November 30, 2003
Esther Dyson argues about the high cost of brokering relationships. She is especially concerned about the power that might arise from companies owning 'social data' and managing it less...
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by tj on November 30, 2003
about Online Dating and has a good research :-)......
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on November 30, 2003
This article argues about the usefulness of import tariffs for DRAM chips. "The Bush administration took a more dramatic step. This summer, it sided with Micron and slapped a 44.3 percent tariff...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 30, 2003
Some weeks back I shortly analyzed the Taiwanese venture scene as less developed. This might have been a bit overstated. Zeevo - a provider of Bluetooth System-on-a-Chip just received another $ 20...
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by tj on November 28, 2003
During the last days I came across several local organizations, which help entrepreneurs starting their businesses. Here are two of them: German Small Business Entrepreneur Network based near Cologne...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on November 28, 2003
Grand Central Communications aims to reach an ambitious target - integration-as-a-service. In other words it's an ASP EAI model. The company just closed series B with $ 28 million cash inflow but...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 26, 2003
bmp was one of the stars of the new economy. While the company has a charismatic founder and had real profits from its consulting division in 1998, it invested heavily in early stage companies since...
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by tj on November 26, 2003
This otherwise very mediocre Wired article links to an interesting new e-service; online fundraising. The platform introduced in the article is called donordigital.com. I haven't seen the model...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on November 26, 2003
Kevin Laws has taken on the macro economic view and concludes that outsourcing (as a trading tool) is economically just another technology that increases productivity. David Friedman, who Kevin refers...
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by tj on November 26, 2003
This excellent study gives insight into media consumption behavior of American consumers. The good news: "There is clearly a technology elite in the United States -- the 31% of the population...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 26, 2003
Voice over IP has been a quiet field for some years now, but finally it seems the market is ripe for change. Subsequently investments are flowing heavily into the most promising companies. Net2phone...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 25, 2003
I was always wondering why VCs do so little for their marketing and sales. Sure they can build paper towers with incoming business plans every day, but the point is getting the best entrepreneurs....
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by tj on November 25, 2003
Technology Review highlights 7 (why this number?) technologies able to shape our lives. There is nothing really new; we all are waiting for most of them for a couple of years now, but still it's a...
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by tj on November 25, 2003
This idea is a bit weird, but still smart. Thousands of TV Ads are produced, shown and abandoned again with little use after the campaign is over. A smart entrepreneur has started to buy ads and...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 24, 2003
This article gives good insight into a corporate VC still investing big sums in early stages - Nokia Venture Partners. "So why hasn't Nokia Venture Capital shifted its investment focus along...
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by tj on November 24, 2003
The seventh Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Truck and Barter. This time you'll find educating articles about: Labor and Capital Business Pricing, Planning, & Strategy Marketing...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 24, 2003
I was reporting in length some days ago about mobile.de the once leading platform to sell used cars in Germany. But I missed the best part! mobile.de looks for interested buyers actually. The...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on November 23, 2003
A couple of weeks ago one reader of this weblog, brainstormed a bit with me about future application of RFID technology. Obviously once you know where all (!) your items are, you can allocate and...
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by tj on November 23, 2003
Telecommunication services converge more and more to a single service for voice and data. Several startups round the world started to provide bundled services, often with flat rates for internet and...
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by tj on November 21, 2003
The NYT reports about the competitiveness of my hometown especially in comparison to Chinese locations.......
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by tj on November 21, 2003
Rajesh discusses and explains some typical problems entrepreneurs face: Problem Solving and Decision Making.......
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by tj on November 21, 2003
Rob is reporting about one of the first IPOs for movies prior to producing. Civilian has developed a marketplace for movies. I think it's really time that the industry comes up with alternate...
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by tj on November 20, 2003
Weblogs are a key technology for publishing micro content and therefore shaping the future of publishing. The "business model" for weblogs relies on the emergence and acceptance of micro...
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by tj on November 20, 2003
for a software company was secured by Esmertec AG based in Switzerland last week. Esmertec focuses on Java solutions for mass market mobile multimedia phones and embedded devices. Earlybird Venture...
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by tj on November 19, 2003
German ERP software maker SAP wants to expand facilities in India. Also with another bold announcement SAP predicts the majority of SAP's software developers will soon be living in Bangalore,...
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by tj on November 18, 2003
Mario pointed me to a very "bullish" article about meetup.com. "The Next eBay. That's what Pierre M. Omidyar suspects about Meetup and he should know, since he founded eBay, as...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 18, 2003
Yesterday Catcap featured another excellent event the "Hamburger Business Angel Kongress" in Hamburg. The discussions aimed to educate business angels and tried to give advice in typical BA...
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by tj on November 17, 2003
The sixth Carnival of the Capitalists is up at ProfessorBainbridge.com. This time the articles are clustered into management, sales& marketing, taxes, stock options, regulation and securities....
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by tj on November 16, 2003
Neopoly AG a Germany based startup providing online games since 1999 is closing down their business. CEO Thomas Kuefner announced that the company looks for buyers of its assets, but will finalize all...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on November 16, 2003
Fenwick & West have published their Q3 VC survey. "Conclusion -- The overall terms of venture financings in 3Q03 improved mildly. The direction of price changes was similar to 2Q03, but the...
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