Deal Radar 2008: Retrevo

For the moment, this will be my last Vertical Search Engine on the deal radar, while we turn the spotlight onto other segments. We have discussed TheFind and Wize. Today we will take a look at Retrevo, another shopping search engine. We had profiled Vipin Jain, CEO Retrevo last year. Retrevo is a product review

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Accenture Should Roll-Up Indian Services Companies

Is Accenture (ACN) still in the body-shop business model? Yep. Why ruin a good thing when it’s working, some would ask. And India continues to be a strong leverage point for Accenture’s outsourcing activities, with a new consulting center opened in the last quarter. This was also reflected in the 40% increase in staff being

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Trend Radar 2008: Verticalization Everywhere

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know, I am a huge believer in verticalization of the web. In fact, my entire Web 3.0 thesis is based on this idea. In 2007, we saw the beginnings of verticalization. In 2008, I expect this trend to become rampant in all aspects of the

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Deal Radar 2008: Wize Ranks Products

We profiled Tom Patterson, CEO of Wize.com last year. The site compiles both expert and user reviews and inserts them into a scoring algorithm to rank products. The site’s proprietary WizeRank gives each product a 1 – 100 score, utilizing collective wisdom ferreted from all over the web.

IAC – Divided we stand

Interactive Corp. (NASDAQ: IACI) recently announced its decision to split its whole business into five separate listed entities. The stock has lost around 24% in 2007. The spin off will hopefully lead to value unlocking for shareholders. It will create 5 different entities – Interactive (including Ask.com, Match.com and Citysearch), Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Interval

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Infosys In Light of Recession Fears

The general feeling of the West has been that the rise of the rupee would slow down the immense growth of business being funneled into India. The reality is that growth continues to boom in India, barely slowed by currency exchange rates. The short term looks alright for Infosys (Nasdaq: INFY). Infosys’ Q3 revenues posted

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Google is Unbeatable

Hah! This morning, the hilarity of Google’s incredibly accurate algorithmic ad matching system produced a new level of precision. It pushed this ad on my site:

Peer Cruelty

Also from Taleb’s Black Swan is this discourse on peer-cruelty, something entrepreneurs and innovators working on long term projects with big goals would resonate with. “You work on a project that does not deliver immediate or steady results; all the while, people around you work on projects that do. You are in trouble. Such is

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