AOL and IAC vets establish LaunchBox Digital –founded by Julius Genachowski, former chief of business operations at IAC; Sean Greene, founder of The Away Network; and former AOL Chief Technology Officer John McKinley–will offer start-ups up to $1 million in financing. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/launchbox_dc Josh says: “”One thing they’re doing is filling in the lower funding gap, [...]
> Frank, > We met and spoke briefly in the elevator at the TRAFFIC conference in > Miami last month. Wanted to send you some information about a new public > company that I just launched on the London AIM exchange. I thought it > might be of interest to you and your readers. > [...]
“The most important part when starting is to build momentum. You will absolutely not make it if you won’t build momentum in this business, and that goes for anything else you want to succeed with. Momentum comes by massive action. That’s I believe is a key factor for success.” – Sahar Sarid Josh says: “”Completely [...]
This non-domain post for my investment club friends, although you are all welcome to follow along if you like.. As the dollar drills to new lows and commodities in our “inflationless” world scale new highs… Dick Bove absolutely nails it in the last 40 seconds of this 3 minute interview on Bloomberg this AM.. The Fed [...]
1. Google opens up ad space on 1,700 FM and AM stations to adword users. (Audio ads.) http://valleywag.com/tech/feuds/google-counters-facebook-with-am-radio-319982.php ***FS*** Traditional radio is dead .. Like the ‘maps at gas stations’ idea from yesterday better. 2. Rumour: Digg close to a $300 million dollar sale. “”Whoosh, that was fast. Digg recently signed a $100 million dollar multi [...]
Michael points out the benefit of ‘gluing’ the two companies together. http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/content/view/314/1/ ***FS*** I think this would be a tough matchup because the cultures at these two companies run completely counter to each other.
Will there be a shift in selling domains in Euros or Canadian dollars? Discussion at Domain State. http://www.domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=83692 ***FS*** Some in the US treasury and Fed have decided that the best way to kick-start a slowing US economy with a falling housing market is to debase the US currency, so that the World will start consuming in [...]
Omar Baig offers some Sunday wisdom: “”Hey Frank, I’ve been noticing a common theme among some domainers lately. After spending years struggling to build their businesses, they are now having some financial success. However, this success is making it difficult to focus. I think these articles from the NY Times are very reflective of this [...]