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Vertical Travel Search Engine Kayak CEO Steve Hafner (Part 1)

Posted on Saturday, May 31st 2008

I have written endlessly about the verticalization of the web, and the rise of vertical search engines, vertical ad networks, and the threat they pose to Google. I have also featured Kayak in the Deal Radar series earlier, and here, I speak with their CEO for a comprehensive discussion on Kayak’s strategy.

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The Last Thing You’ll Ever Have to Read about “Sex and The City”

Posted on Saturday, May 31st 2008

By Richard Laermer, Guest Author Arthur Harris of the Royal Air Force is often credited as the innovator of carpet bombing during World War Two, which was a tactic used to achieve the complete destruction of a target region and demoralization of its residents. When the head of marketing at New Line Cinema sends out

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Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 8)

Posted on Friday, May 30th 2008

SM: What has been your financing strategy? CR: One skill set I brought was fundraising experience. We did your typical small seed round, primarily led by the principles who put money down to build the first prototype. The first real round was led by Redpoint.

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Forbes Column 08: How Technology Can Save Retailers

Posted on Friday, May 30th 2008

My new Forbes column How Technology Can Save Retailers gets into online brand engagement, focus groups, inventory planning.

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Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 7)

Posted on Thursday, May 29th 2008

SM: When did you make the decision to go to India? CR: A little over a year ago we had an investor say “it is time to go to India now”. I went over to India and it was clear the opportunity was there. By the time my trip was over I hired a head

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Deal Radar 2008: Inform

Posted on Thursday, May 29th 2008

Inform provides media websites with a technology solution that automatically searches, organizes and links content to provide the site with depth with the aim to win and retain more readers. The easy-to-implement technology automatically creates links to relevant information on the site, in archives and anywhere on the web, to create a more detailed reading

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Deal Radar 2008: Daptiv

Posted on Thursday, May 29th 2008

Daptiv is one of the leading on-demand collaborative business software that allows companies of all sizes to transform their mid-office business transactions. Daptiv provides solutions which simplify employees’ daily association and communication while dramatically reducing the difficulty of managing multiple teams, projects and tasks.

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Bringing Banking To The Cell Phone Masses : Obopay CEO Carol Realini (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, May 28th 2008

SM: Do you maintain relationships with multiple banks or a single bank? CR: We have relationships with multiple banks which is similar to how PayPal uses two banks. They use Chase and Wells Fargo. Historically companies buy wholesale services from different providers and, depending on their capabilities, buyers can be selective where they go for

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