I apologize for the lack of postings, I’ve been caught up in memorial day vacation and a delayed beta launch of Startup Addict.
My brother once told me it’s better to be lucky than good. Well I have to say from reading April’s issue of Kiplinger, Brad Duke is both. An awesome story about a 34-year [...]
Rooftop Media is a great idea, concept and business model. Besides the fact that I love corvids (a family of crows, ravens, magpies etc.) that is embedded in their logo, it actually is a successful continuation of a yet another niche youtube. Rooftop Offers viral clip sharing and searching specialized channels (sound familiar?).
The premise [...]
The Top six industries according to VCdeal
Internet 39 fundings with average amount of 7.5M
Software [...]
The world of “type-in traffic” domains flirted with 8 digit figures this week. Cybernet is reporting a 9.5 million dollar sale for the domain second to sex.com for an estimated 12.5M and with Business.com trailing with a reported 7.5 million at the peak of the 1999 hayday.
For those of you unfamiliar with “type-in traffic”, [...]
Every morning I wake up and have less hair because my programmers continue to mull over bug revisions and a feature called Marketplace. The most difficult pill to swallow beside being two-weeks over due on official launch is watching Facebook reveal a feature we’ve been developing in private beta. Marketplace for Facebook acts like a [...]
I finally understand CBS’s motivation behind the WallStrip purchase. After reading a WSJ Yahoo News article this morning it seems CBS is syndicating its’ content to as many websites as possible. According to WSJ 10 plus sites initially. Unless CBS is obtaining royalties for content syndication (doesn’t seem apparent) I can’t see the other revenue [...]
CBS forks out $5 million big ones for Wallstrip according to reports from jossip. Wallstrip is a humorous take on Wall Street and sustained an original investment of 500K from Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson). One has to wonder as Techcrunch poignantly mentions why would CBS pay so much dough for a company that makes [...]
Mr. Draper looks like he is holding up about 10 million unique visitors in the form of Natalie Portman who will be showcasing her life 24/7 in the celebrity version of Justin.tv. Image and full scoop is at Valleywag. Web 1.0 may have been attempting to converge the PC / TV, but Web 2.0 [...]
You are probably expecting me to say something trite like “I can’t believe we are ready to launch”. The truth be known I wish I had another week minimum. It’s called Beta for a reason so I guess it is time to release Startup Addict to the world. Please enjoy the networking and resources [...]
I came across my new favorite VC site “The Funded” this morning and was dying to blog about it. The site allows entrepreneurs to rate and review their experiences with Venture Capital firms and individual VCs. Some of the comments are down right appalling while some are laugh-out-loud funny. Either way a simple yet compelling [...]
