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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
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- The Future: End of Capitalism
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Web 3.0 & Online Sports (Part 5)
M&A and VC activity In February 2007, Sports Illustrated bought a 40% stake in the social networking site FanNation for $25 million, valuing the sports social network at $60 million. FanNation aggregates, filters, and customizes all the relevant player and team content available at any time on the Internet. Sports Illustrated has also entered into
Web 3.0 & Online Sports (Part 4)
Web 3.0 formula discussion Context Most of the sports sites that I went through have very good contextual nuances. These sites have something for every sports fan. I liked the way sites like NBA.com, MLB.com and NFL.com have covered the respective sports. If you love Basketball and want to check out on some stat or
Web 3.0 & Online Sports (Part 2)
Top Players and Rankings Sports is a lucrative media vertical and an important lifestyle segment. With online users frequenting various sports sites for live scores, news, updates, streaming videos, etc. it is fast catching on as a major online segment as well. The advent of fantasy sports and networking sites have taken online sports to
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 2)
Top Players and Rankings With more and more users going online for quality content on health, fitness, medication, and expert advice, there is a rising demand for healthcare portals. Some of the top sites for health are WebMD Health, NIH.gov, MSN Health, Yahoo! Health and EverydayHealth. Health queries, medication, symptoms are very popular among users.
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
Women & Web 3.0 (Part 2)
Top Players and Rankings With more and more women going online for quality content on health, beauty, parenting, shopping, entertainment, dating, etc. there is a rising demand for women’s portals. Some of the top sites for women are iVillage, BellaOnline, Handbag and Janemag. Style, fashion, beauty, shopping sites are very popular among young college going
Web 3.0 & Group Travel: Groople CEO Mike Stacy (Part 2)
SM: Where did you get the idea for Groople? Are you an avid traveler? Why group travel? MS: I did not come up with the idea of group travel. That distinction would go to our founder who is now off creating another start up combining culinary experiences and travel. What attracted me to this opportunity
