Startups

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Social gaming startup Playdom raised another $33 million from Walt Disney, Steamboat Ventures, New World Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. This infusion of cash is on the heels of $43 million dollars from nine months ago. So far sources indicate the cash has been used for acquisitions of social gaming startups. The original round [...]

Web 2.0 and Beyond

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Dabble db gets acquired by Twitter. Smallthought Systems the brains behind Dabble db will be integrated into the mirco blogging giant Twitter. There is a fair amount of speculation surrounding why Twitter would acquire Dabble db best know for its smart analytics based on csv or excel data. Think of dabble db as the [...]

Real Estate Development

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I have been working on several commercial real estate projects that utilize triple-net leases (NNN). A tip out of the gate is be careful the prospective tenants possess a clear understanding of triple net leases and what is involved.
There is really not a tremendous amount of mystique behind the NNN, other than a symbol [...]

Social Networking

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Dabble db gets acquired by Twitter. Smallthought Systems the brains behind Dabble db will be integrated into the mirco blogging giant Twitter. There is a fair amount of speculation surrounding why Twitter would acquire Dabble db best know for its smart analytics based on csv or excel data. Think of dabble db as the [...]

Uncategorized

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Anyone who has inquired about getting into the drop shipping arena has probably asked themselves about Doba vs Shopster. Many of you may remember the four-part series I did on Doba not long ago.
Both companies aggregate hundreds of wholesalers and allow you (as the entrepreneur) to sell products of your choosing. So let’s jump [...]

mobile gaming

url=’http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/gaming/mobile-gaming/world-of-warcraft-on-your-mobile/75′; World of Warcraft is going mobile (yeah….will it work…I know). Vello is a well funded Israeli startup I reported early this year… it was founded in 2005. It took a second round (series B) of financing of 7.5 million this fall from Benchmark Partners and Blue-run partners. Supposedly World of Warcraft has [...]

Open Wireless

url=’http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/web-20-and-beyond/data-portability/open-wireless/googles-mobile-os-and-continued-spectrum-pursuit/85′;The Gphone (Google hates the name) hasn’t arrived yet, but Android powered phones are rumored to arrive sometime in the 2nd half of 2008. I don’t want to beat a dead horse but Android is a free linux based mobile software software and the codename for the Open Handset Alliance consisting of over 30 software [...]

advertising networks

url=’http://www.startupaddict.com/blog/advertising/advertising-networks/buzzlogic-ad-network/226′;Buzzlogic ad network is the next generation “conversational ad network”. The company boasts the ability to follow the spread of influence based on a set of keywords and follow the social graph like a virus. According to Venture Beat:
“The company started out as a brand-monitoring service for PR and marketing types who want to [...]