11th May '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship
1. Publishing As A Business One Magazine At A Time
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If someone looks hard enough they’re bound to find a business opportunity that suits what they are interested in. For the editor in someone there is a publishing business opportunity which is licensed through…
2. Is Flickr Worth $4-Billion? | Mark Evans
In the wake of Microsoft’s aborted courtship of Yahoo and Jerry “Oh, did you increase your offer” Yang, there’s bound to be a lot of scrutiny about what’s next for Yahoo.One asset that’s well known but…
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3. Twittering A Hedge Fund Event
I went to an event yesterday that featured a number of people active in the hedge fund industry and the financial markets. Here is the series of twitters I sent during that event. Headed to the semi annual meeting…
4. A VC: Neil Young on Stage at Java One
I am going to get every one of his “dumps”
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5. Bret on Social Games: Do Gaming Networks Work?: Reach and Engagement Numbers for Zynga and SGN
As anyone who reads this blog knows, back in February Zynga and SGN opened up their game networks to 3rd party developers. For the moment, these networks are essentially link exchanges facilitated through game bars…
6. Two Entrepreneur Interviews: Deepak Shenoy of Moneyoga and Girish Saraph of Vegayan Systems
I recently did two interviews with two very different but passionate entrepreneurs: Deepak Shenoy, co-founder of Moneyoga and Dr. Girish Saraph of Vegayan Systems. Over the past year or so I have spent a fair amount of…
7. Like Jangl, TalkPlus Losing Its Voice As Well - GigaOM
Jangl, a Pleasanton, Calif-based startup that launched with much fanfare and lot of promise, ran out of time, and is headed towards an ignominious end. Venturebeat had first reported that Jangl was looking to sell…
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8. Sustainable ?
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From the news today (sorry, no link)Reliance Industries has shut all of its 1,432 petrol pumps in the country after sales dropped to almost nil as it could not match the subsidized price offered by public sector…
9. Triangulating For Insight
I am a huge fan of triangulating. I don’t think anyone or anything can give you the insight you need to truly understand things. Whether it’s visiting comscore, compete, alexa, hitwise, and quantcast to get a more…
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10. America and High Tech Entrepreneurship
I wrote an essay for the U.S. State Department on high tech entrepreneurship and what policies and cultural attitudes in America enable the creation of new businesses. It’s written primarily to be translated into other…
11. The Microsoft buying Facebook rumors commence, again
With Yahoo in Microsoft’s rearview (for at least a couple months until they double back), the acquisition gaze shifts forward. We laid out a few names over the weekend. One of them: Facebook. Now word is already coming…
12. An Etsy Automat For Handmade Jewelry
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Etsy has become well known for their collection of estores that offer handmade products. It’s been a good starting ground for many people because they cater to those that want these handmade items.A work-at-home mom,…
13. Cleantech: Battery Life
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Image via WikipediaI had an interesting conversation today with a couple of folks at OpenCoffee Hamburg. We actually started talking about cleantech and to be honest, I said screw cleantech short-term. Give me a…
14. Breaking Enemy Leaders Spirit
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Enemy leaders can be shaken in business. Easy victories are attained by breaking the enemy’s spirit. Without spirit, a leader is lifeless and weak. It is very costly to engage the enemy head on when their spirits are…
15. Karaoke app launched on iPhone, demoed on Android
The next-generation iPhone will launch soon, and development for it will only heat up, partially thanks to the $100 million iFund raised by Kleiner Perkins.It comes as no surprise then, when a start-up that has little…
