n 2009, I’ll be moving the emphasis of this blog, as well as how my time is spent in the real world from the development and exploration of ideas to the execution andmonetization of those ideas. In fact, my girlfriend and I agree that officially 2009 has been declared the “Year of Monetization.”
Your Problem Is Too Much Information
December 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
I read a great writeup in a new marketing newsletter today that really hit home and addressed an issue I’m sure plagues a lot of entrepreneurs, particularly those trying to build an online business. The concept goes something like this, we get an idea but know we don’t know everything we need to know (still …Read More
Kosmix Corporation Secures $20,000,000 New Funding
December 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=00dfac55-03b2-405a-a3b5-b6efef27c06c&Preview=1 Publish Date 12/9/2008 Company Name Kosmix Corporation Mailing Address 444 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 Company Description At Kosmix, we’re passionate about building a world class search engine that lets people search less, and discover more great stuff. There are billions of pages on the web that are useful, but …Read More
Roost, Inc. Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding
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Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fc583a44-9f98-4076-9cf6-9bb0bed1f3e5&Preview=1 Publish Date 12/9/2008 Company Name Roost, Inc. Mailing Address 795 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Roost offers two services in parallel – a consumer search engine for places to live and a technology platform for REALTORS®. Website http://www.roost.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed …Read More
Appcelerator Lands $4,100,000 Series A Round
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Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=03221208-1264-4912-9db6-6ecdb975d1e1&Preview=1 Publish Date 12/9/2008 Company Name Appcelerator Mailing Address 3535 Piedmont Rd. Atlanta, GA 30305 Company Description Appcelerator is an open source software company that develops products and services for rapid rich Internet application (RIA) development on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Website http://www.appcelerator.com/index.html Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $4,100,000 Transaction Round …Read More
RiseSmart Garners $3,000,000 New Financing
December 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=938b6a41-0243-43a3-8786-2b275d71696d&Preview=1 Publish Date 12/9/2008 Company Name RiseSmart Mailing Address 2201 Midway Rd. Carrollton, TX 75006 Company Description Based in Dallas, RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level …Read More
Independent Economist
December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Independent Economist was started in an effort to fill what I felt was a gap in the media for explaining economics as relevant and applied to politics in modern times and with historical perspective. More importantly, I felt there was a need for that information to be explained in plain English and without political bias.
