Archive for February 4th, 2008

04Feb

TechStars

Posted by Jeff as Entrepreneurship

Seeing as how I am in Denver/Boulder with increasing frequency these days, I decided to get involved with a local organization supporting entrepreneurship. TechStars is a fantastic Boulder-based organization that takes in 10 promising teams and provides seed funding and more importantly mentorship as they move through the early stages of development through fundraising. There [...]

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Closed Out Some Risk
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Read more on Allied Properties, Hang Lung GRP, Entrepreneurship at Wikinvest

Nabbr is one very cool company. Essentially they promote/advertise your message through social networks by utilizing a comprehensive analytics engine that knows who the most influential users are for your widget, and then driving call-to-action virally in order to boost downloads and sell things.

JP makes a number of very good arguments in his post. Principal takeaway for me was the reaffirmation that when you are creating something entirely new, it’s futile to look for something that is being displaced as a measure of ROI. As it relates to social networks, I made a couple of comments over email [...]

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The Future of Office Politics
Is the U.S. inventive?
Mortgage Applications Decline and Worker Productivity Jumps
Read more on Productivity at Wikinvest

04Feb

More Product Name Follies

Posted by Jeff as Marketing

“There aren’t many people in the company, in the whole world, who know about the `Lolita’ book or films,” Lim said. “There might be a few people in the country who have a problem with it, but it’s just a name.”[From British Stores Halt `Lolita' Beds] Not a ringing endorsement of the organizational IQ of [...]

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, which is not only a big primary day in presidential politics but also is a day that voters go to the polls to vote on measure affecting them statewide and locally. As I have done in previous elections, here’s my take on the issues: Proposition 91: Transportation Funds In summary, this [...]

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Mutual Funds - what's wrong and what needs to be done
This Shouldnt Really Be Much of A Surprise
Invest Side-By-Side with Me
Cash Dividends vs Stock Dividends
Read more on Mutual Funds, Transportation at Wikinvest

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