Web 3.0 and Social Dance: Lindy

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Catching Up On Readings: Indian Entrepreneurs, We Want To Hear From You

We are looking to deepen and broaden the coverage of Indian companies on the blog. The most recent post on Indian product entrepreneurs puts our aims in the context of the recent competitive landscape. For the rest of this week’s post, click on the full article. >>>

It’s Time To Transform The U.S. Postal Service

By guest author Daniel Burrus

The United States Postal Service has been doing poorly, financially, for years. With the advent of email and electronic bill payment, there’s been a dramatic drop in the use of the postal service, yet their expenses have increased. It’s thus no surprise they have recently announced big cutbacks to help rein in costs.

Will more people turn to online bill payments and email communications? Absolutely. That’s a hard trend. And starting in 2012, thanks to mobile banking and mobile payments, we’ll see people turning their cell phones into a way of paying bills. In addition, Netflix, one of the biggest users of the U.S. Postal Service, will soon be streaming movies to customers’ phones, tablets and digital TVs rather than mailing DVDs. As processing power, bandwidth and storage continue to accelerate and increase exponentially, the concept of DVDs coming in the mail will be obsolete. >>>

How To Build A Profitable Gaming Company: Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO of Arkadium (Part 2)

Sramana: What is the genesis of Arkadium?

Kenny Rosenblatt: In 2000 a woman joined On2 to run the music version of the system. Her name was Jessica Rovello. I saw her once and fell in love with her. We started dating, and she was an entrepreneur as well. She had created the Blair Witch Project website, which led to her joining On2. We were dating for a while and then one night we were looking at Tower Records going through CDs and talking about our childhoods when it became obvious that we both had enjoyed going to the arcade and playing Pac-Man. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Can You Crack This Code?

For a fun way to wrap up the weekend, readers may want to try cracking this code posted by Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters to fast-track recruitment of talented code-crackers. For this week’s posts, click on the full article link. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Walter Isaacson On Steve Jobs

Readers in the Bay Area can hear Walter Isaacson, author of the newly released biography of Steve Jobs, speak about Jobs at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. The talk will take place Wednesday, December 14. Click on the link for more information. For this week’s posts, click on the full article link. >>>

A 1M/1M Thanksgiving

ifood.tv, last featured on the blog on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar, returns to offer readers recipes, how-to videos gathered from around the Internet, and tips for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Later this week, they’ll return with more holiday recipes to try. But first, click on the full article for twists on Thanksgiving favorites. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Calling All Indian Entrepreneurs

One of my readers suggested he would like to see more coverage of Indian entrepreneurs on this blog. Well, we’d be delighted to oblige. Here are the pitching instructions if you have a story-worthy venture. Please feel free to forward to your friends and fellow entrepreneurs.

(1) Deal Radar:
If your company is greater than $1 million in revenue, we will profile you in the 1M/1M Deal Radar. Please email Candice Arnold with a completed questionnaire.

(2) Entrepreneur Journeys:
I also write Entrepreneur Journeys (EJ; companies with >$5 million in revenue only). To pitch EJ stories, email me directly with a good description of the story angle. EJ requires a one-hour interview by phone or in person, and each interview is published as a 7-part series over a week.

I am interested in interviewing an entrepreneur behind the company who can and is willing to discuss at length the nuances of the strategy and process of company building spanning topics such as bootstrapping, financing, positioning, customer acquisition, channels, team building, etc. In terms of industry segments, I am interested in software/SaaS/cloud, e-commerce and Web 3.0, mobile and social apps, gaming, healthcare IT, online education, cleantech, and outsourcing. The Entrepreneur Journeys series has already produced four books. You can see examples of the series on my blog. We use the EJ interviews as case studies to teach other entrepreneurs how to navigate the entrepreneurial waters within 1M/1M. For the rest of this week’s posts, click on the full article. >>>