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by tj on October 31, 2004
I've been watching the development of a Hamburg based Wellness and Spa chain called Meridian Spa for some time now. Hamburg is one of the most competitive places for fitness and wellness centers...
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by tj on October 31, 2004
Rebecca points me to Wikinews the new project of wikipedia.org. No doubt it would be very beneficial site and worth trying out. Edward has started the living in series a while ago. This series of...
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by tj on October 31, 2004
Jeff has a list - it's probably not what you would expect.........
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by tj on October 28, 2004
Finding a valuable business idea and interested co-investors can be a tiresome process. A website called Business Idea offers help in matching entrepreneurs with investors and fellow team candidates....
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by tj on October 28, 2004
Esmertec - the Switzerland based mobile solutions company that used to have to biggest VC funding round in Europe last year has raised another US$ 19.6 million through a convertible bond. The company...
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by tj on October 28, 2004
Through Venturewire comes word from Netblue's first round with an astonishing volume of US$ 20 million in Series A. I really like the company's webiste with a no non-sense approach and simple...
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by tj on October 27, 2004
Well you might think Europe has besides lack of entrepreneurial support also a lack of entrepreneurial initiatives. To show this is not the case is one of the goals of Europe 's Entrepreneurs for...
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by tj on October 27, 2004
Fast Company has a laudatio for Richard Branson and explores the risk for this newest bet Virgin America. A wonderful read: "Branson is 54, so it's not likely that he'll be around for the...
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by tj on October 27, 2004
I just found this wonderful little piece - whenever you are behind nasty firewalls or proxies no worry there are two easy to setup tools that enable you a connection with almost any combination....
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by tj on October 27, 2004
Eurotechnology reports about Softbanks most recent acquisition Cable & Wireless - IDC in Japan: "Nikkei reported the following data for C&W-IDC: Sales in fiscal 2003/2004: YEN 713 OKU (=...
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by tj on October 25, 2004
How do you determine a persons value? Sounds harsh but when evaluating the value of start ups or finding the partner for your venture this question is at the table (outspoken or not). Auren Hoffman...
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by tj on October 25, 2004
This market was ripe for a meta search engine - a new Google-must-buy-play? Business Week has more about Mobissimo and 4 other promising young startups. Thanks Rajesh!......
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by tj on October 25, 2004
Had you ever heard how the business of insurance brokers works? I enjoyed a lesson in the recent Economist issue about this business: "Few people outside the industry understand either its...
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by tj on October 25, 2004
Well it seems the EU leadership has been hit by an unusual amount of reality recently: "Romano Prodi, the outgoing European Commission president, has labelled Europe's efforts to overtake...
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by tj on October 24, 2004
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has published several new reports during 2004 including updated country reports from Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa. I will...
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by tj on October 24, 2004
This is not exactly brand new - the VC stats for Germany for Q2/2004. - Seed rounds totalled EUR 3.43 million in Q2 - Start up rounds totalled EUR 72.23 million in Q2 - both the amount invested...
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by tj on October 21, 2004
Mario comments: "Rumors are circulating that Stelios is going to unveil a no-frills variant of space travel in the months ahead. Codename: easyGalactic ;-) That would be fun, wouldn't...
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by tj on October 21, 2004
Knowledge@Wharton has a nice backgrounder on satellite radio business models by XM and Sirius. Worth to read through! "f XM and Sirius are successful signing up consumers - and so far, that is...
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by tj on October 21, 2004
Knowledge@Wharton tries an interesting business selling online conference tickets for $99 each: "Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, began his business with a unique,...
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by tj on October 21, 2004
My daily news digest had this headlines that made me think if we have to prepare for good times once again? Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000 Siebel beats Wall Street targets Motorola...
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by tj on October 21, 2004
Two interesting articles from Cnet.com about the SoftSummit Conference that focused on pay-as-you-go licenses and on-demand software. The first one by Alorie Gilbert is very optimistic about the...
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by tj on October 19, 2004
Now this sounds encouraging: "Since its debut two weeks ago, approximately 7.5 million people have visited the Web site of Virgin Galactic, a space travel venture founded by British airline and...
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by tj on October 19, 2004
Ross Mayfield has a quote from Ray Kurzweil: "The relative wealth that we now have comes from productivity, and we're going to see dramatic productivity enhancements in the future. If you...
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