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Deal Radar 2008: Twitter Gaining Momentum
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Interdigital: Valuation Roadblocks
By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author As I looked at the positives of QCOM acquiring IDCC, I threw a number between $35 and $45 as a possible sale price. This price was based on a mix of historic data projection, IDCC’s current stock price and the perceived value to QCOM. I revisited the topic recently to
Vertical Travel Ad Network CEO Cree Lawson (Part 3)
SM: What was the market landscape like when you founded the company? CL: When we started Travel Ad Network, Google AdSense had just launched its textlink product and everything was about textlinks and performance advertising. No one talked about users; it was all about clicks. And the terms “branding” and “online” weren’t used in the
Bill Gates Trashing
NY Times has an article: Many Are Already at Work on Fulfilling Gates’s Vision, to which one reader comments: :: bill gates has *never* done anything new in his life – he has *stolen* everything he built his company on. this is once again a gates lie. yes he made a lot of money from
Time For Private Equity At Yahoo
Predictably, Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) posted a 23% drop in its 4Q07 profit and forecasted 2008 revenues that were below the Street’s expectation. The stock was down over 10% in after-hours trading. The market cap has eroded to the tune of $25 Billion in the last two years. So how do we play the stock going
Vertical Travel Ad Network CEO Cree Lawson (Part 2)
SM: Where did you get the idea for your current venture? CL: When I wrote a business plan for online advertising on Fodors.com, I knew that Fodor’s had an affluent audience eager to spend thousands of dollars planning the best two weeks of their year. This is an appealing prospect to advertisers. But at Rough
Trend Radar 2008: Edutainment
Jeff Katz told me about the Tag when I interviewed him in the Fall, but I promised not to write about it. Well, now the announcement is out. Tag is the new reading product from Leapfrog, replacing the LeapPad franchise that took the company to heights in 2003.
Vertical Travel Ad Network CEO Cree Lawson (Part 1)
In the world of entrepreneurship, a universally accepted doctrine is doing more with less. In this case study series, I bring you an entrepreneur who has done exactly that. Cree Lawson, founder and CEO of Travel Ad Network (TAN), is our guest this time, and will share his story with all its blood, sweat and tears.
