Blog » Archive for September, 2008

Hydro Energy Entrepreneur Wayne Krouse (Part 1)

Tue, Sep 30, 2008

Wayne F. Krouse is the chairman, chief executive officer, and founder of Hydro Green Energy. He founded the company in 2002 after a short but distinguished career with Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals. He was the Research & Development chairperson of the National Hydropower Association in 2007. SM: Wayne, where do you come from? WK: I am [...]

Top 12 Enterprise Software Stock Bargains

Tue, Sep 30, 2008

Here is a compilation of top 12 enterprise software stocks worth watching, especially after yesterday’s beating in the stock market. If you have the nerve for it, you can consider buying some.

Deal Radar 2008: ImageSpan

Tue, Sep 30, 2008

The world of copyrights and content licensing is a mess on the web. Plagiarism runs amok. People tend to be very cavalier about stealing content. In this installment of the Deal Radar, we will look at a company that attempts to put some structure around the evidently unmanageable content licensing and monetization issue.

Bringing On WebEx 2.0: DimDim CEO DD Ganguly (Part 7)

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

SM: What have you learned through your two ventures, especially DimDim, which is an especially ambitious project? DD: Learning throughout AIM was very steep. I realized on my second or third day that I did not know anything about business at all.

Deal Radar 2008: Turbine

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Turbine is the largest privately held gaming studio in North America. They have created several popular and massively multiplayer game worlds on the Internet such as The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar, Asheron’s Call, and Dungeons and Dragons: Stormreach. The company has a top-of-the-line technology platform and innovative graphics and has created an active niche in the [...]

Paychex Should Consider SaaS Acquisitions

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

On September 24, Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX), the leading payroll and personnel services provider, reported first quarter results that met earnings estimates but missed revenue estimates. In earlier coverage,  I suggested that it could be a SAAS aggregator.

Bringing On WebEx 2.0: DimDim CEO DD Ganguly (Part 6)

Sun, Sep 28, 2008

SM: What is your strategy going forward? I understand your open source go-to-market strategy, which is a viral spread. What is your hypothesis on where DimDim Pro and Enterprise are going to gain traction? DD: All sales that have happened to date have been inbound inside sales.

Being Gay: Another Media Hook

Sun, Sep 28, 2008

By Richard Laermer,  Guest Author According to Clay (“Don’t Touch Me!”) Aiken, it is a big gay world out there. And that’s what the press wants you to believe. From my viewpoint, as a fuchsia card-carrying gay alpha male, every few years there’s a boondoggle in gay stories in America: the Supreme Court said OK [...]