Watch Out Google, Vertical Ad Networks Are Coming

As predicted in multiple prior articles, vertical ad networks are gaining momentum. The newest is Martha’s Circle, a Lifestyle blog network powered by Adify. Samir Arora’s much touted Glam Media has competition! Expect to see more coming, especially a Business Blog network that I know is cooking, since I have been approached by the major

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Lost in the Desert

You know, how we, thinking beings, tend to exist too much inside our heads? Well, on our recent New Mexico trip, we drove to Chaco Canyon from Santa Fe, and then tried to find the Bisti Badlands. We got lost. For almost an hour, we went round and round in the desert, mostly through dirt

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Santa Fe Preservation

From my prior writings, you know that I have a deep interest in design, architecture and preservation. Well, we were recently in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I was struck by how attentively the city has been preserved, its Spanish Colonial and American Indian heritage intact, the Pueblo revival architecture highlighted, and the overall ambiance, consequently,

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More on ADP and SaaS

Here’s Phil Wainewright’s piece on ADP and SaaS: ADP Sees incentive for SaaS. My related articles: * ADP Can Become a Powerhouse through Acquisitions * Can PayChex become a SaaS Aggregator? * Intuit Bets on SaaS, Not Yet on International * Concur’s SME Opportunity

Serial Entrepreneur Zack Rinat on Model N (Part 2)

SM: How does a guy from manufacturing, operations and marketing start NetDynamics? That is a highly technical project. ZR: But I came from computer science, remember? And with a highly technical background in terms of technology and software. My heart has always been with technology. SM: What did you see around you at the time

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Concept Arbitrage: YouSendIt

Similar to eFax, Indian entrepreneurs can also look at the YouSendIt service as a Concept Arbitrage opportunity. It is on online service for large file transfers. Here is the pricing, which you need to be able to undercut by 75%.

Concept Arbitrage: eFax

There is another type of concept arbitrage that Indian entrepreneurs ought to think about, which I discussed at length with Sridhar Vembu in the context of Zoho. That is, taking an already successful product, service, or SaaS and dramatically undercutting on the basis of price. Sridhar is mainly trying to undercut Salesforce.com on CRM. Here

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Tom Perkins on 60 Minutes

Watch this video of Tom Perkins on 60 Minutes. I will reserve my comments on the man, “brilliant, willful and wealthy”, except to say that I find him somewhat “pathetic”.