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By Gerry Langeler, Guest Author
Here is a sure fire bet: Gather a bunch of entrepreneurs to talk about venture capitalists, and before long the conversation will turn to the issue of control. “If we take VC money, the next thing you know, they’ll be in control, and we’ll be out on […]
Recently, I pointed out that there are 20 Million businesses in the US that don’t have any employee. These include ecommerce businesses that thrive on eBAY and small publishing businesses that leverage Google AdSense.
I have also discussed the SaaS trend at length, and covered the NetSuite IPO that is coming.
Netsuite has recently done a deal […]
By Lance Glasser, Guest Author
When I ran the electronics technology directorate at DARPA I had the wonderful job of examining a big percentage of all of the advanced electronics research in the country. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is the central research program arm of the US Department of Defense. It was […]
Via Steve Rubel: “Marketing Vox says that Lufthansa is buying ads on 100 travel blogs, all of them in the WashingtonPost.com’s Sponsored Blogroll program. I continue to think this program is a winner for everyone involved - the bloggers, media and advertisers.”
I am talking with both Washington Post and FM right now, trying to figure […]
I was extremely annoyed by eBay’s Skype acquisition, and the consequent stock price drop that eBAY delivered. Needless to say, I am an eBAY shareholder, a rather restless one at the moment.
Now that Skype is inside eBAY, however, I’d really like to see it perform, grow, deliver the grandiose numbers that were projected … Makes […]
I guess I am not the only one rooting for the Yahoo turnaround.
Read Eric Jackson’s story here.
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The group’s nine-point plan calls for Terry Semel to be replaced as chairman and chief executive, citing “strategic missteps” that include his failure to acquire Google Inc. in 2002. The plan also faults Semel for loss of search-market share […]
Steve Rubel has an excellent post called Web 2.0’s impact on Travel and Tourism, where he makes the case that users who are creating quality and popular content ought to be compensated, to keep the content coming. See below:
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Maryclaire730 has put together a terrific itinerary on the Yahoo Trip Planner of my home town, New […]
By removing salt from seawater, GE’s newest desalination plant in Algiers will supply enough drinking water to serve 25% of the country’s capital population.
GE has joined the Algerian Government, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Algerian Energy Company (AEC), in announcing plans to build Hamma Water Desalination SpA (Hamma) - Africa’s largest seawater […]
