Web 3.0 & Yahoo! Personal Finance

Yahoo! launched its Personal Finance site on January 19, 2006. In this piece, we will analyze the site based on the Web 3.0 framework.

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Personal Finance & Web 3.0: Overview

Personal Finance is one of the top segments that draws online advertising dollars, and in this series, we will evaluate the category against the Web 3.0 framework. MsMoney estimates that in the first quarter of 2006 financial websites experienced a 500% jump in traffic. Personal finance websites are gaining momentum with the penetration of broadband,

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 5)

The new educational model proposed by Raj is based on capability and performance, and negates the advantages that some students have in terms of better access to quality schools and a better support system at home. SM: Children raised in cities have an advantage as well becuase they have environmental nurturing which the village kid

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Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 6)

A very interesting discussion of the dramatic times during the late 90’s and the early 2000 timeframe. Read on. SM: What were your sales pre-IPO? JR: I think in the ’98 period they were probably $30M. Our fiscal year 2000, which is when we went public, was $67M. In January of 1999 the IPO market

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Online Ad Spend Beneficiaries

Last week, the Interactive Advertising Bureau reported that online ad sales rose 32% to a record $4.8 billion in the last quarter. That would put the estimated run rate at about $20-25 Billion for the year 2007. The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that Internet advertising revenues for 2006 are estimated at $16.8 billion,

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Eisner’s Web Studio

Michael Eisner has put his muscle behind a web studio, Vuguru. I have already said a few times, that user generated content will find it difficult to sustain itself as the central content on the web, unless business models shape up to monetize that content. Looks like, Eisner is placing a bet on the fact

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 4)

Raj explains his theory of the “local best”, as well as how he identifies these students for admission into his school’s masters program. SM: You are also saying the book or lecture based education is not the way to go. RR: That is what I am saying. If this person is just putting the same

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Turn Around Series: Jerry Rawls, Finisar (Part 5)

Among the many amazing feats Jerry has accomplished with Finisar, one of the most impressive is how the company was able to grow and develop without the assistance of outside funding. SM: All of this you were still doing without outside money; it was still a bootstrapped company? JR: Still a bootstrapped company. SM: Wow,

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