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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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- Platform as a Service
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- The Future: End of Capitalism
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Venky Harinarayan on Kosmix and Vertical Search (Part 4, final)
SM: How did you finance the different phases of the company? VH: Our company is funded by VCs, Accel and Lightspeed, and private individuals such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Bill Miller of Legg Mason. SM: What financing stage are you at right now? VH: We feel like we are fully funded, so we
Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 2)
Vertical Strategy Gannett in partnership with Belo Corporation, The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company owns Classified Ventures. Classified Ventures’ objective is to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments, and real estate. Gannett’s various positions in the verticals are sometimes held by the
Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 3)
Web 3.0 Framework discussion Context IAC has done a very good job on the context front. Whether, it is Match.com, RealEstate.com, CollegeHumor.com, Ticketmaster.com or Shoebuy.com, the Company has got the context bang on. Chemistry.com for example has the patent-pending Chemistry Profile™ personality assessment! If you are looking to give the perfect gift to your boy-friend
Web 3.0 & News Corp (Part 4)
Acquisition Targets Over the years, News Corp. has been acquiring businesses that would help it close the gaps in its portfolio. The MySpace acquisition helped it to leapfrog in the social networking space and with the recent acquisition of Dow Jones it will emerge as a leading player in the financial news and information space.
Concur’s SME Opportunity
I have just published an interview with Steve Singh, Concur’s CEO. In it, I trace the Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR) story in a great deal of detail that is well worth understanding, to see why this company has a strong growth opportunity ahead. As I said earlier, the SaaS and Extended Enterprise trend alignment are good
Concur CEO Steve Singh (Part 13)
With a solid strategy executed to date, and a pending acquisition of Gelco, it is time to explore the next step in this evolution. One obvious goal would be expansion of the customer base. Here I get more interested in strategic alliances and their potential benefits in accelerating this process. SM: What is your next
Concur CEO Steve Singh (Part 2)
Here Steve takes us down the early history of Concur. He illustrates where the idea came from, and how the company came into being. SM: What did the company do in the beginning? SS: We have always done the same thing. We have always been focused on automating the expense reporting process. The way the
In The Shadows Of Iraq: Qubad Talabani (Part 7)
Investing in a conflict area is risky business, but there are resources in Kurdistan which will draw in Oil producing companies. Microfinance structures could also benefit the agricultural region. However, in order for a “boom” to be sustainable, there will need to be a significant investor confidence in security – particularly for the finance industry
