Archive for October, 2007

Wall Street’s “Click or Close” Rule can help you sell.

Wayne Mulligan, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 7:24 PM PT Comments (0)

Wayne Mulligan is an ex-Wall Street analyst and broker now working on his own startup, TickerHound. Wayne cut his teeth cold calling strangers to sell them stocks during one of the worst Bear Markets since the depression. (Think “Boiler Room” with more credibility.) It was an uphill battle, but Wayne says the experience taught […]

Google to Facebook: I Want to Suck Your (Social) Blood

Anne Zelenka, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 6:00 PM PT Comments (8)

Maybe Google should have doodled a vampire on their home page today, in honor of Halloween and their announcement of OpenSocial, a set of APIs that allows web developers to write applications once, then deploy them on a variety of different social networking platforms.

This could be a direct attack by Google (GOOG) on Facebook’s […]

How to ‘get across the moat’ with potential investors

Carleen Hawn, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 4:17 PM PT Comments (0)

Editor’s Note: Following up on yesterday’s topic, I’m putting together a post on how to amend your business plan with a “global scope,” as well as how to find angel investors who can support you in this important strategy.

Meanwhile, I went to angel investor Guy Kawasaki’s blog this morning, and found a fantastic […]

The Google Phone: The Story So Far, Some Launch Details & What’s Next

Om Malik, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 11:50 AM PT Comments (39)

The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google’s mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States. Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks with Google (GOOG), according to the Journal, and an announcement by the company is expected sometime in November. Here […]

Casual Games Worth $2.25B — But Where Are They Going?

Jane Pinckard, Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (20)

For anyone out there who remains unconvinced as to how important the casual gaming market is, the latest report by the Casual Games Association may help change your mind. The casual games industry rakes in $2.25 billion a year, according to the org’s latest research, with growth estimated at a whopping 20 percent.

As the […]

OpenSocial, Google’s Open Answer to Facebook

Om Malik, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 8:00 PM PT Comments (79)

Google’s (GOOG) much awaited answer to Facebook ecosystem is finally coming to light. The existence of this Google platform was first reported by TechCrunch and is going to become official tomorrow.

Google will announce its new social networking initiative, Open Social on Thursday. Joining Google and its Orkut social network are other partners such as […]

RapHappy gets rich! Wins $100,000 from Cisco/mtvU

Carleen Hawn, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 6:19 PM PT Comments (0)

We were thrilled to learn yesterday that RapHappy founders, and Found|READ contributors, Ben Leduc-Mills and Matthew Fargo have won the 2nd Annual Digital Incubator business plan competition sponsored by Cisco Systems and mtvU. With the win, Ben and Matt will get another $100,000 to build-out their online rap site. RapHappy already showed us how to […]

Will Eee PCs Upend the Portable Pricing Market?

Samuel Dean, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 4:00 PM PT Comments (11)

ASUS Taiwan recently confirmed plans to deliver its eagerly awaited Eee PCs to the U.S. in November, and even though the company is targeting the devices squarely at the education market, they may end up challenging the pricing model for all portable computers.

When rumors began swirling in the blogosphere a few months back about the […]

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