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A Day In The Life Of A Twintern
in Wangtam, on July 12, 2009
..., Get 'Sweeter' and More Social
• AP, Media Standards Trust Propose News Microformat
• Facebook? Up 10%. Twitter? Up 16%. FriendFeed? Flat
• TuneIn: A Media Dashboard For Your Twitter St... ...k Raises Around $2 Million In Funding
• Android Will Live On, Get 'Sweeter' and More Social
• AP, Media Standards Trust Propose News Microformat
• Facebook? Up 10%. Twitter? Up 16%. Frie...
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Announces $3 Million in Funding
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 10, 2009
... Small Times . "The company also has an applications development center near Boston."
More here from OKCBiz ... and the press release is here .
... ...
Nanotube manufacturer SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. this week announced $3 million in funding from Michigan's Insight Technology Capital Partners, LP.
"Insight will manage the fun...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
... that allowed it access not only to $10 billion in TARP funds, but to a whole other publicly backed funding, including lending from the discount window of the Federal Reserve. Some of this stuff is o...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMobil Roger Cohen. Are ExxonMobil's footprints all over this? Maybe, when The Guardian reveals ...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...emphasizing flash and style over the substance of the information. They get pitched and constructed more as cool toys than legitimate management tools and subsequent abandonment and neglect, followed ... ...ct look all the more feeble.
Turns out this has all been in the works since 2006, when the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act was passed, implemented in large part by the Office of M...
Philippines Announces 10-Year Nanotech Roadmap
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 21, 2009
...o several nanotechnology projects, which intend to benefit identified industrial sectors."
More here from the BusinessMirror.
... ...n technology, energy, agriculture, medicine and environment protection. The roadmap indicates that funding will be provided to several nanotechnology projects, which intend to benefit identified indus...
The Coming Solar Revival
in IfEnergy, on June 15, 2009
... an abysmal period in which new commercial-scale solar business has stalled due to the lack of bank funding for projects. The defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers had been a major investor in renew...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...splay of altruism, will realize no compensation or economic benefit from the company.
Find out more at NIKAWater.org .... ...ost environmentally responsible bottled waters on the market, NIKA offsets its carbon footprint by funding the planting of trees in a "NIKA Forest" in Nicaragua to naturally absorb carbon fr...
Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US
in Wangtam, on May 22, 2009
...View from the Top: Eric Schmidt of Google
• Apple Job Listing Reveals More Powerful ARM Processors and Video Processing for iPhone
• Import iGoogle Feeds into Google Reader
• Yahoo Is Feeling So... ... Parent, Closes Third Round; Funding Estimated At $5 Million
• Do iPhone App Store Reviewers Spend Their Time Searching for Porn?
• BlackBerry Storm 2: the official unofficial hands-on
• Oprah&#...
No More Hydrogen Cars?
in IfEnergy, on May 22, 2009
...cretary, said hydrogen fueled cars are still decades away and that they'd rather concentrate on more immediate energy-saving solutions. I've said before that I think we'll eventually see t... ... But TreeHugger pointed out one chunk of news that didn't get much coverage. Federal support funding for hydrogen cars seems to have collapsed for now: The money was stripped because the presid...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
...house an alternative energy research center that's expected to receive $12.5 million in federal funding.
"The grant was included in a White House announcement that the U.S. Department of E...
H.P. Labs Pulls Out the Measuring Stick
in Wangtam, on May 1, 2009
...abs Pulls Out the Measuring Stick
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• Miro Adoption Center
• Ex-DoubleClick CEO ...
Business Plans a Waste of Time? Maybe...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 26, 2009
...oral student Azi Gera, studied business plans and found quality had zero impact on the amount of VC funding raised. Ouch!
To be fair, we should say a couple of things. First, the study looked at bu...
Gates Foundation World Malaria Day Blogger Teleconference
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 23, 2009
...(GCE).
GCE was established to test bold, innovative solutions to tough global health challenges. More information on the program can be found online .
Speakers on the teleconference will include:
... ...ity of Washington
Drs. Marka, Foy and Rathod received GCE grants during the first round of GCE funding. Now six months into their 1-year grant, the researchers will provide insights into their pro...
新款 Final Fantasy XIII 高清壁纸两张
in Wangtam, on April 19, 2009
...$4 billion valuation, may not raise more
• Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, Depicts Front-Facing Video Camera
• Sun Said to Be Willing to Resume IBM Talks With Assurances D... ...cts Hot Titles
• Facebook rejects funding at $4 billion valuation, may not raise more
• Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, Depicts Front-Facing Video Camera
• Sun Said to B...
The Pirate Bay Goes to Jail
in P2P File Sharing, on April 17, 2009
...tors had only acted against sites, such as Napster, which hosted copyrighted material."
More here from BBC News ... more here from The Register ... more here from the WSJ ... and more he... ... Warg and Peter Sunde were found guilty in the case, along with Carl Lundström, who was accused of funding the five-year-old operation," writes Wired's Oscar Swartz .
"Representatives...
Microsoft Stops Mainstream Support For Windows XP
in Wangtam, on April 16, 2009
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• It's Official: Twitter Is More Popular Than Britney
• eBay Inc. Announces Plan for 2010 Initial Public Offering of Skype
• Fully functional Office 2008 for Mac trial is now available
• ... ...es With Google Earth
• App Management System ExtraHop Scores $5.1 Million In Series A Funding
• Online Backup from Backblaze
• HD Cloud
• Start-up Hitches Ride on I.B.M. With Super-Charged Ser...
DoubleTwist gets funding; goes big.
in The Wired Home Weblog, on April 9, 2009
...lexities of setting encoding paramiters or possibly even cracking encryption.
They've just got funding and are now demoing a windows version, check it out! ...
The best entrepreneurs of the year?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 9, 2009
...entrepreneurs with key business concepts: completing a cohesive business plan, generating ideas for funding sources and investors, and finding ways to increase their impact while maintaining positive ...
Will Karen Mills Make a Difference at SBA?
in Bizinformer, on April 8, 2009
... business world will be interested to see if she can change the tone of discuss and make the agency more effective.
© House Of Sims
... ...cy. Mills nevertheless inherits an SBA that languished under the Bush Administration, which cut its funding by about 26% since 2001 and sliced staff by 18% since 2003. Lobbyist Todd McCracken, preside...
The Latest on PowerPlay Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 7, 2009
...ith PowerPlay Golf's brainchild, Peter McEvoy and several others are busy raising the necessary funding to make the dream happen.
The miracle is that they are able to attract any kind of investme...
Google to Invest in Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 2, 2009
...e, will be based at Google's corporate headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
Google is open to funding biotechnology start-ups. "If we find an interesting therapeutics company, we'd be h...
Support the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009
in Allergies, on March 28, 2009
...Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 get passed by Congress this year and to ask for more food allergy research funding?
The Act was initially introduced in 2006, but only passed by th... ...s Management Act of 2009 get passed by Congress this year and to ask for more food allergy research funding?
The Act was initially introduced in 2006, but only passed by the House of Representatives ...
FED is DE(a)D
in The Digital TV Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...ness of LCDs and plasmas has just took a big blow as Sony has bowed out of research, citing lack of funding as their reasoning.
It's a real shame; if Plasma dies out, and nobody makes FED, where ...
Private Student Loans Network
in Wangtam, on March 24, 2009
...gle Chrome
• iPhone game developer Ngmoco raises second round of funding
• The Javascript Trap
• From Google to Gone: EMI Boots Digital Boss Douglas Merrill
• 江苏电信正式启动3G商用
• Windows 7 interf...
Ideas for social entrepreneurship in crisis times
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 22, 2009
...jobs, and when there is lower support for developing countries, social entrepreneurship become even more important. However, the ideas and business models should be adapted to the current economic sit... ... communal hedge fund and allow community members to submit ideas that the community gets to approve funding for.
2) Using frequent fly points to feed the poor: Currently many business people accum...
Will Health Care Reform Affect Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 15, 2009
...a very interesting point about the way that the U.S. funds its own social safety net, and how that funding creates additional pressure for outsourcing/offshoring.
Unlike most of the industrialized wo...
OMNIBUS Bill Passes: AIP Funded for Over $300 Billion
in The Aviation Weblog, on March 12, 2009
... © flickrsven
Tuesday the Senate approved the omnibus Bill that will provide funding for DOT, FAA and a few other federal departments and agencies. The bill provides the funding through fisc...
Looking for a School of Entrepreneurship? Look No More...
in TJ's Weblog, on March 10, 2009
...experience you get from the program. And if your idea is successful enough, they may offer you seed funding...
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The banking crisis and Eastern Europe
in Sox First, on February 18, 2009
...t any better with most economists, according to this report , expecting its GDP to shrink by 5% or more this year. Russia has a falling population, life expectancies there are getting shorter and it... ...l currencies, exposure to a regional slump in real-estate and an over-reliance on scarce short-term funding. That spells trouble for the major banks. Last year, the Russian stock market lost 70% and i...
Due Diligence Comes in Flavors
in BootStrapMe, on February 16, 2009
...Sometimes it's easy to forget that there's more than one type of due diligence. At the start-up stage, remembering to do both legal due diligence and business due diligence is critical.
... ...scription of the two type of due diligence earlier this month. He's applying the concept the VC funding, but it works with anyone you enter into a partnership or business relationship with.
I li...
Mark Cuban's Open Source Funding: Can Your Business Plan Break Even in 60 Days?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 15, 2009
...e's calling your bluff: Post a business plan that meets certain criteria and he'll consider funding it, right here, right now. There's a short list of 13 requirements. You can find those a...
Twitter Raises $35 Million
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 15, 2009
...ng to pay the bills and stay online, you can rest easier now. Twitter just claimed $35 million in funding.
Several sources ( VentureBeat , PE Hub , TechCrunch , Mashable , Gawker ) have covered th...
Ponzi schemes proliferate
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
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When the Bernard Madoff scandal broke, it was inevitable more Ponzi schemes would come to light. For a good reason too. With every bubble there is fraud. Look behind every bubble and you'll fi... ... raised more than $370 million between 2006 and 2008 by promising investors 48% annual returns from funding commercial loans. Now of course, compared to Madoff's $50 billion theft, this is just s...
Will Employee Micro-Blogging Help Business?
in Bizinformer, on January 26, 2009
...itter - but designed for businesses.
VentureBeat ran a story last week on the $5 million in VC funding yammer just got. I'd be interested to hear specific ways that Yammer saves companies tim...
2008 年第四季度全球风险投资总额同比下跌 33%
in Wangtam, on January 25, 2009
gigaom 消息 ，2008 年第四季度全球风险投资总额为 54 亿美元，同比下跌 33%。全年投资额为 283 亿美元，同比下跌了 8%。
在刚刚过去的 2008 年第四季度，风险投资公司已经收紧了他们的钱袋。普华永道与全美风险投资协会发布的上季度全美风险投资报告显示，该季度风投总额为 54 亿美元，较上年同期下跌 33%。
2007 年第四季度，全球风险投资总额为 80.9 亿美元。2008年第三季度为 73 亿美元，第四季度在这个基础上下跌了 26%。2008 年全年的总额为 283 亿美元，较上年下跌了 8%。
Digg Downsizes
in The Social Networking Weblog, on January 24, 2009
...et to turn a profit, the company still has plenty of cash on-hand. They raised $28 million in fresh funding in September.
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Bill Drayton of Ashoka talks to Google people about social entrepreneurship
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on January 24, 2009
...c one where he describes the philosophy behind Ashoka, his company, and types of the projects he is funding. The video also features some of his colleagues who talk about their projects.
It's ve...
Tasted a Good Wine Recently? Snooth It...
in Celebrate Wine, on January 21, 2009
...d fastest growing community of wine lovers." TechCrunch's description is probably a little more objective. They call Snooth "a social wine review site that is gaining some traction and r... ...ed another angel round of financing of about $1 million." This is Snooth's second round of funding. So, hopefully the site will be around for a while.
Gary Vaynerchuck needs to start lo...
Chris Stokes: ADA's 2009 National Youth Advocate
in Daily Diabetic, on January 15, 2009
...t diabetes."
How's that as an inspiration to other youths ailing with diabetes? Find out more about Chris Stokes and ADA's advocacy efforts, here .
... ...his representative and senators several times in the past few years to discuss the need to increase funding for diabetes research and prevention, and to make sure they know that diabetes is a serious ...
Norwegian Electric Autonmaker Finds Funding
in IfEnergy, on January 14, 2009
... Treehugger is reporting that Norwegian automaker THINK has found the funding it needs to resume making cars. The Oslo-based company said that it had secured NOK 40 million ($5.7 million) in loans wh...
Nominations Open for the Biotech Humanitarian Award
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 13, 2009
...se
- The professor that has encouraged their students to petition the local government to increase funding for improved agricultural practices
- The venture capitalist that is funding a start-up in ...
Business of Biotech Conference At Moffitt Cancer Center
in The Biotech Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...continental breakfast and behind-the-scenes tours of Moffitt's research laboratories.
Find out more at Moffitt Cancer Center .
... ...rman and CEO of Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC as the keynote speaker.
Topics include:
Government funding programs for biotech start-ups
Raising capital from venture capitalists and angel investor...
Dolphins Inspire Nanotech Research at University of Nevada
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 2, 2009
...liable manufactured nanocomposites to allow airplanes and aerospace vehicles to cut through the air more efficiently, saving fuel," Wolterbeek adds. "He is already working with the aircraft ...
younoodle - or what is your startup worth?
in TJ's Weblog, on December 18, 2008
...what a startup is worth. With all the ups and downs in the last years the situation has only gotten more difficult. Peer groups are hard to come by. Funding is difficult (and done with lower valuation... ...ns in the last years the situation has only gotten more difficult. Peer groups are hard to come by. Funding is difficult (and done with lower valuations) because VC investors have to cut back on capit...
Google Blocks World’s Largest Porn Torrent Tracker
in Wangtam, on December 8, 2008
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• Interview With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Products, Funding, Competition
• HOW TO: Use Google Reader Like A Rockstar
• 100+ Reasons DemoListic May Fail
• Revealed: Google's Plan for...
Why the bailout won't save automakers
in Sox First, on December 2, 2008
...ugh to save them. Former GM board member Jerome York has told Bloomberg that they will need lots more. He says just their lending arms will need another $100 billion. As columnist Jack Kelly writ... ...e finishing their restructuring plans as part of their pitch for the the $25 billion in emergency funding but the reality is these companies are losing so much money that it won't be anywhere ne...
Venture Funds Still Spending Big in China
in China Venture News, on November 26, 2008
...ke Red Herring .
From Ken Schachter's report: Venture capitalists poured $964 million into 59 funding deals in China in the third quarter, breaking the yearly record set in 2001, according to a ...
Going Broke Going For Broke
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 22, 2008
...13 billion dollar project in Macau , the gambling capital of Asia, because it can't get ongoing funding to finish. In order to mothball the project, which includes something like 2 hotels and 3 ca...
G20 undermines accounting independence
in Sox First, on November 18, 2008
...on Banking Supervision ? The IASB's precarious position is highlighted in a recent paper, The funding of international accounting standards by University of Dayton accounting professor Robert L...
BitTorrent Cuts Staff, Will Close Torrent Information Network
in P2P File Sharing, on November 12, 2008
...n Post . "Wonder when the other shoe will drop for other P2P competitors like Vuze ?"
More here from The Register ... more here from the WSJ ... more here from TG Daily ... more he... ...heir products cheaply over the Internet."
"The company has raised almost $46 million in funding, of which $17 million was raised earlier in the summer, so it presumably has enough cash for...
The Future of Higher Ed Under an Obama Presidency
in The Universities Weblog, on November 6, 2008
... of an issue this election. At least, it didn't get much attention because the war in Iraq and (more recently) the economy took center stage in this election.
So what will higher education look ... ...t loan money into direct aid that doesn't have to be paid back. He's talked about increased funding for community colleges. He's discussed the state of science education in particular and ...
GetSignOff: Making Design Sign Off A Simple Task
in Wangtam, on November 4, 2008
...after all
• 百度董事会批准2亿美元股份回购计划
• 微软将向韩国投资6000万美元
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• Ecotrunk.com : Shopping essentials for home and the outdoors ...
Hot, Flat and Crowded - Thomas Friedman
in Sox First, on November 3, 2008
...h the kind of innovation that would see the development of a smart energy grid that would use power more efficiently, which turns the home into a Smart Black Box (SBB) which controls and ensures the s... ... and moving to what he calls "Code Green" with Government policies, regulations, research funding and tax incentives to build an economy powered by renewable energy with the kind of innovati...
A Little Black and Pink for a Cure
in Busy with Style, on October 17, 2008
...all in the name of raising money for a cure. One of the ways this site accomplishes that is through funding mammograms for women who can't afford them. Talk about a worthy cause!
Now I know some ...
Paying for College During the Crisis
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 16, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6581181
Taking out private loans has become more challenging this semester, with fewer lenders offering funding since the beginning of the year. Today, NPR ... ...81
Taking out private loans has become more challenging this semester, with fewer lenders offering funding since the beginning of the year. Today, NPR released a new broadcast interviewing students...
Italy Is Into Internet Gambling
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 15, 2008
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Despite the member countries of the, "EU", the European Union, becoming more consolidated in the way they conduct inter-country commerce and travel, each country retains its own internal... ...nternet Gambling Law, will restore the rights of adult Americans to gamble online without account funding restrictions.
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Another book on bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on October 14, 2008
...d that many companies need less money than a VC firm generally likes to invest anyway.
• Funding is tough without a revenue stream. This is because investors want to see a working business model not...
Run it like a startup
in The CIO Weblog, on October 14, 2008
... week, a presentation that noted venture capital firm Sequoia Capital put on for startups it is funding to spell out some of the current issues facing the economy and methods for surviving them le...
Silverlight 2 正式版发布
in Wangtam, on October 14, 2008
Update:
下载已经公布： www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0
微软今天正式发布了 Silverlight 第二版，但是根据微软的提示说，正式的下载需要到当地时间 14 日、星期四才行。而另外平台支持的方面， Google 的 Chrome 将会支持 新版的 Silverlight，而 iPhone 则依然不支持。以下是 微软官方的新闻稿 ：
Taobao Gets $732 Million Shot in the Arm from Alibaba
in China Venture News, on October 12, 2008
... Chinese consumers to select from. The new funding, spread over five years, will be used to build a more advanced platform for merchants, while continuing to offer its services for free to buyers and ... ... users, over 1 million sellers, and 200 million items for Chinese consumers to select from. The new funding, spread over five years, will be used to build a more advanced platform for merchants, while...
Tips for the serious bootstrapper
in BootStrapMe, on October 11, 2008
.... Remember, very few things are an immediate success. Persistence is key in the end.
For more information and interaction with like-minded folks on the subject of bootstrapping, consider joining out ... ...ping for the long haul not just long enough to get backing.
Remember, whether you eventually take funding for your company or not, most of the principles below apply, either when trying to start a b...
Pell Grant Faces Short Fall of $6 Billion
in The Universities Weblog, on September 21, 2008
The federal Pell Grant program is staring into the face of a huge shortfall for the 2008-09 academic year, according to the NY Times . The grant program that provides assistance for college on the basis of economic need could see a short fall of as much as $6 billion for the academic year jus...
ORBIS and Kids for Sight: Saving Eyesight in India
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 21, 2008
...Top 25 of the American Express Members Project and now needs your help.
Visit the website for more information on "Kids for Sight" .
If enough AMEX cardholders vote for the "Ki... ...t; project by September 29 , it will advance into the Top 5 and be eligible to win $1.5 million in funding.
Nyan and Lehka have made it their goal to raise funds so that children in India can have ...
Bootstrapping principle #1: Cash flow over capital
in BootStrapMe, on September 20, 2008
... © .craig
As mentioned in my previous post , bootstrappers know there are more important things than outside capital investment when it comes to building a company: cash flow for example.
My ow... ...w your business from there.
• It puts customers not investors in charge. With this kind of funding those who buy your product or service become your only focus. Trying to please investors and custom...
Green Calculator: Helps fight carbon emissions
in The RFID Weblog, on September 18, 2008
... our earth a better place to live for the future generation.
The good thing is you can also avail funding opportunities for supporting the cause of the environment which also includes credits for ...
Is AIG next?
in Sox First, on September 16, 2008
... on the planet. So if it goes down, it will absolutely rock the world's financial markets. Even more than they have been already. "Indeed, the company's woes could pose problems in many ... ...
AIG could be the next to go. We'll know tomorrow. If it doesn't secure fresh funding by Wednesday September 17, it could be forced to file for bankruptcy, reports The Wall Street Journal...
Bootstrap building blocks: From part-time startup to full-time business
in BootStrapMe, on September 15, 2008
... bootstrapping.
Thanks again to Dawn for these bootstrap business building blocks. Check out more of her ideas and observations and learn more about her consulting work at the Fast Wonder blog .
... ...n these early stages. Specifically:
• Bootstrap if you want to maintain control. Taking outside funding will dilute that control (See Greg Gianforte's thoughts on the subject at Bootstrap Your ...
Why the markets imploded
in Sox First, on September 12, 2008
...is presented here suggests that increasing financial integration and innovation can make market and funding liquidity pressures readily turn into issues of insolvency." In other words, with the ...
