Some Musings on the Future of Broadband

[Over the Thanksgiving weekend, we had dinner with Frank Levinson and his wife, Monika. As we got into all sorts of interesting conversation threads, I invited Frank to write a Guest Column. Below is Frank’s piece on Broadband, which he calls somewhat whimsical. Enjoy!] By Frank Levinson In a series of web essays (1), (2),

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Content Packaging

Rafat Ali reports on a Bear Stearns report suggesting that content packaging is the key opportunity going forward, with the following image of the content foodchain: Om also has his 2c to add about the fatbelly, saying that the MyYahoo or NetVibes kind of personalized content aggregation plays are the most important going forward. There

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Bazaar Buster

Amidst huge concerns about Walmart’s numbers, the giant announced its entry into India. I have said before, that Real Estate and Retail are better investment opportunities in India right now than technology, and it is not a surprise that the big retail companies are going to flock to take advantage of this situation. I’d rather

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What’s Cooking on the Internet?

Morning after Thanksgiving, so I hope all of you, American Readers, are well stuffed. Here’s a research report called What’s Cooking on the Internet? surveying the Food and Cooking websites, celebrating America’s greatest food-oriented tradition. And here’s a link to food blogs on the internet.

Video: Online Community Panel Discussion

By Richard Rabbat Here’s a video of a recent panel discussion. The MIT Club of Northern California hosted a panel on Oct 4, moderated by Safa Rashtchy, managing partner at Piper Jaffray. The panelists were Brad Horowitz, VP of Product Strategy/Advanced Products @ Yahoo! Inc., Matt Cohler, VP, Strategy and Business Operations at Facebook, James

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Serial Entrepreneur Series

Over the last few days, you have read two interviews with Peng Ong and Manoj Saxena. Peng Ong : Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Manoj Saxena : Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 I would like to do more of these interviews,

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Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 7)

In the final chapter of our interview with Manoj he discusses his desires for the future, as well as his philisophical ideals which have guided him so far. SM: How old are you, Manoj? MS: I’m 41. SM: You have a lot of time left. MS: I’ve gone to places for a month where you

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Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 6)

SM: Where are you now in your frame of mind? You are at IBM obviously, are you going to be at IBM? How does IBM jive with your current state of mind? Where do you want to go next? What motivates you? MS: Well I am at IBM right now. I’m still running the Webify

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