Web 3.0 and Seeking Alpha

We have reviewed Yahoo, MSN, Marketwatch, AOL and CNNMoney’s Personal Finance offerings in the earlier posts and in this final section of finance related site reviews we are going to take a look at Seeking Alpha from the Web 3.0 perspective.

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Serial Entrepreneur: Taher Elgamal (Part 6)

Taher was also one of the key individuals associated with the development of SSL at Netscape. In this episode, we discuss the genesis of that work. SM: Why did you leave when the company was just taking off? TE: I got bored. When I told Jim I got bored, and he told me I could

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 8)

During her time with Microsoft, Maggie ran global business development and strategy, followed by the Government and Education businesses worldwide. Among her most challenging issues were protecting intellectual property rights and convincing governments in underdeveloped countries that IP was an issue that would hinder their development. SM: Did you work with China and India? MW:

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Wisdom From the Trenches

By Arun Natarajan, Guest Author, reporting on the Venture Intelligence Internet & Mobile Connect conference in Mumbai. Acknowledging that the Internet is becoming core to people’s lives and that there is room for various online business models, Ashish Gupta, Managing Director of Helion VC, pointed out some of the challenges facing investors in the Internet

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Shai Agassi is Leaving SAP

WSJ reports: :: Shai Agassi, president of SAP’s product and technology group and architect of SAP’s Netweaver software, is leaving the company to pursue interests in alternative energy and climate change, says a person familiar with the move.

Try Ticketmaster, India

By Arun Natarajan, Guest Author The over cautiousness induced by the “dotcom bust” of 2000-01 has resulted in a peculiar situation where even as user adoption of the Internet and mobile phones have expanded significantly and advertisers are willing to spend significant sums on these mediums, there is a serious lack of compelling content and

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Washington Post’s Hidden Jewel

The Washington Post Company is a diversified media and education company that publishes newspapers and magazines, and provides electronic information services and educational and career services. The Company publishes popular newspapers including The Washington Post, and magazines (principally Newsweek). The Company owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading provider of educational and career services both in the

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Expertise Location (Part 3)

[Part 2] In this part, we’ll discuss the financing of Trampoline Systems, and Charles will share his observations on the Extended Enterprise as it pertains to Expertise Location. SM: Did you raise Angel money? CA: Yes. $0.8m Angel money was raised from a number of investors, including the GuruWizard Fund, San Francisco. SM: Did you

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