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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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Web 3.0 & Online Sports (Part 1)
Overview So, you thought Sports was all about watching games and cheering your favorite team? Think again. It is big business on the Internet and is all set to win the game with live streaming, match highlights, scores, bulletin boards, fan blogs, social networks and fantasy sports services. According to MediaPost, more than 35% of
Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 5)
M&A and VC activity Increased traffic and stickiness of online health sites have led to a number of deals in the current year. In July 2007, NBC Universal and GE Commercial have jointly invested $25 million in Healthline, a fast growing health vertical. In June 2007, Meredith, a leading media and marketing companies acquired Seattle-based
Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 4)
Web 3.0 formula discussion (4C, P, VS) Context Online health portals are targeted at meeting specific user needs. HealthGrades for example provides ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, thereby, aiding the consumer to select the best physician and treatment. In most health sites, the context is split-up between men, women
Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 1)
Overview Online Health is definitely attracting eyeballs and the recent data released by comScore proves it. On an average, 31% of the total U.S. Internet users or 55.3 million U.S. Internet audience visited health information sites each month during the first quarter of 2007. The online health segment grew by 12% in 2006. These sites
Enterprise 3.0 Event: Nuggets
Here are some of the nuggets from the MIT Enterprise 3.0 event last night: * If you are an entrepreneur looking for opportunities to focus on, there are white spaces in the portfolios of larger players like Microsoft, Google and Cisco, especially in the area of Prosumer productivity and collaboration. Probably more built-to-flip models. *
Online Auto & Web 3.0 (Part 2)
Top Players and Rankings With more and more users going online in search of quality content on automobiles, vehicle performance, model specs, crash-test ratings, classified info, car finance, auto insurance, etc., there has been a rise in traffic to the various automobile sites. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, the top auto sites are eBay Motors, Kelley Blue
Online Auto & Web 3.0 (Part 1)
Overview Researching and dealing in Automobiles on the Internet is in the fast lane. According to a survey conducted by Burst Media in May 2007, 71.9% of in-market respondents use the Internet to research automobile models that they plan to either purchase or lease. Men (75.8%) use the Internet more than women (64.9%) to research
Building the Electronic Arts of Casual Gaming: PlayFirst CEO John Welch (Part 9)
SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? JW: The first hire was the toughest. We raised $5 million on a PowerPoint deck and the promise that we knew the industry better than anyone. But then weeks went by and we couldn’t seem to find the right people to
