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 [...]
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 [...]
Facebook revenue to reach 1 billion dollars by the end of 2010 according to an interview with insidefacebook.com. Currently Facebook revenue is around $600 million, but Mark Zuckerberg predicts the company to break the one billion revenue barrier by the end of 2010. Given Facebook’s growth over the last few years and the 500 million [...]
5 essential tips for marketing your blog
1. Be Honest and Be Transparent.
Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not when marketing your blog or follow A+ bloggers in your industry for the sake of following them. The key is to differentiate yourself from the noise with compelling content. Give a reason for people to follow your [...]
A friend of mine (also an avid blogger) has proven once again the importance of link building for proper ranking with Google. He runs a home construction improvement blog that has had tremendous success over the last few years. He ran a test on a very specific keyword Lowes coupon to see how how quickly [...]
Hootsuite is a twitter client that simplifies the tweet process for multiple accounts. It allows you to monitor your brand, customize your twitter experience and if schedule your tweets.
Hootsuite integrates well with ping.fm (which I’m a big fan of) and has its’ own shortened URL. My favorite features of the Hootsuite twitter client [...]
Ycombinator continues to be a boon for startups and seed capital in general according to a recent blog post indicating that Y combinator landed another $8.25 million dollars to assist startups. The usual suspects were in this round as well with Sequoia Capital leading the charge and a few prominent angels from past ventures including [...]
The top 10 fastest growing franchises in 2010 according to entrepreneur Six of the top ten are commercial cleaning services. Moral of the story is if you have to get your hands dirty at least get commercial rates for it.
In the current economic climate and the world of hard to get loans, franchises may [...]
According to the 2009 Global Venture Capital Survey released in June Clean Tech and Medical device & equipment will be the fastest growing sectors worldwide over the next three years. Both sectors are not much of a surprise based on the aging population and global warming coupled with the energy scare a few years [...]
The Economist announces innovation competitions for energy and media
Finalists to present to an audience of top executives at Economist Event
New York — CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATORS, CREATIVE THINKERS, INVENTORS, IDEAS PEOPLE
The Economist is holding two innovation competitions to find the most exciting, game-changing innovations that will have a marked impact in two key [...]
