It is so hard to come up with a nice name for startup or new blog when most of the basic names are all registered. Then, most people come up with strange or too creative names to their website which are hard to search. But … Read More →
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Bookhu – Top books for women and men
Bookhu is a book review website that shows if a book is read more by men or women. It is a food for thought website. It shows if I have more male or female preference. In my searches, most of my books related to entrepreneurship, … Read More →
Google AdWords – Search Ads Management
There is an amazing article about Google AdWords from the New York Times. It illustrates the management of an online campaign in AdWords for a company called Tiny Prints. This company advertisers on Google and gets a substantial part of its revenue and customers from … Read More →
Another Great Startable Tip: Making a great business plan pitch
I should be studying for my final exams, but I couldn’t resist reading posts from Startable. This time, they are sharing a neat and simple framwork to make a great business plan pitch. After reading it, it actually gives us tips to how to write … Read More →
Penzu, an inverted Blog system
This is strange. A Canadian company created a blog system that provides private blog posts as a default choice. This means that users of this blog system will create their blog post privately and not sharing to other people. This defeats the notion of blog … Read More →
Startup: Sprouter is a entrepreneur social network
Sprouter is a social network that connects entrepreneurs around the world. It is one of those website for grass-rooting campaigns for entrepreneurs to share their ideas. I’m not sure if that’s effective given that there are many social network dedicated to the same thing.
Tinychat.com – Live video chatroom
Tinychat provides free video and audio chatroom for the mass. People can use this tool as a DJ room, virtual meeting presentation room or live interactive TV. I like this website because it’s free and for startups, this tool can connect our team member even … Read More →
InterClick, the “Pure-Play” Ad Network Raises $18.1 Million (ICLK)
InterClick is a company that provides traditional approach of supply chain methodology into optimization of ROI over advertising spending. I’m writing this post because I’m so impress that the market has so much appetite for advertising systems and tools and ad networks. Basically, it treats publishers and … Read More →
Zynga gets another $180 million, expect more game addicts on Facebook
Zynga is the company responsible for all those spam like games, such as FarmVille or MafiaWars. All these games are targeted to Facebook and they make money by showing advertisements. All these social type of games target the very basic human emotion of achievement. Most … Read More →
Venture Capital Firms in Brazil, 2009
This is a special blog post dedicated to Brazil’s venture capital firms. Before getting into the list, I want to make it clear that private equity investments are much stronger than venture capital investments. There may be four reasons for a small venture capital market … Read More →
Square up – micro-payment in mobile devices
Square is a startup based in San Francisco and promised to revolutionize the payment for small and medium size companies. It provides an almost free add-on to your iPhone, so you can slide your customers’ credit cards and the iPhone will take care of the … Read More →
The HR Acquisition – Basic financing
I read a very interesting article about HR Acquisition from “A VC” blog. It shows what a HR Acquisition is and how to calculate the acquisition of a target company in simple financial model. A must read for people who want to work in the … Read More →
Should Google censor information on behalf of governments?
I was reading this news Google Faces A Different World in Italy from the New York Times and it is about Google’s criminal charges related to privacy in Italy. A senior executive in Italy may get to jail because of an outcry over an online video … Read More →
Bizo, the B2B Platform, Lands $6 Million and proves that Ad Network Companies Are Still Hot
I cannot believe that Ad Networks are still a hot in the investment scene. An Ad Network is a marketplace where publishers and advertisers can meet and provide advertising. We have big players such as Google AdSense that allow broad and specific targeting experience. You … Read More →
Stribe fast response to my previous post about its product
I am very impressed and glad by the speed that Stribe has replied to my post. A good entrepreneur should be able to react to the current dynamics of how people comment and make opinions about his product. A fast reply like that is a … Read More →
Should US Give Visas for Venture-Backed Immigrant Entrepreneurs?
The idea is very simple. People could apply to stay in the US if they have a business idea backed by investors in the US. In a simple perspective, this seems to be a good idea to boost entrepreneurship in the US. However, aren’t there … Read More →
Stribe – the top startup from Le Web 2009?
People from the Le Web 2009 in France was making such a fuss for Stribe. Stribe is a company puts a social network bar in your website. Basically, people who are signed in to the Stribe network will be able to have social network experience … Read More →
Pitch tips for venture capital meetings from Startable
This is another great post from Startable about pitching tips for venture capital meetings. Healy organized and shared all posts in one single place for easy access. I will remember to read this for my New Venture Project final meeting. VC Pitch Tip #1 – Turn … Read More →
Startable Tip: Term sheets and legal fees
I read so many venture capital and entrepreneurship books. All of them say to cap the legal fees that a start up should pay to the vc firm in the funding time. Startable has a neat and short post about the importance of doing and paying … Read More →
Startup Drinks CA – Startup event connecting entrepreneurs in Canada
There is a new event called Startup Drinks and it is a new way to gather entrepreneurs in some vibrant cities across Canada. I wish they have one in London, ON. Maybe, I could ask some people to bring this event here. From FLOW Ventures … Read More →
Make Your Own Shirt, Mug and Many Other Things Companies
It is hard to make money on the Internet. Currently, there are two famous ways to monetize on the Internet: advertising and e-commerce. In the advertising side, we have Google AdWords, Yahoo Marketing or Microsoft Advertising. These companies make money by having big audience that … Read More →
Hunch – What’s the best profession for me?
I was using Hunch this weekend to see how it works. It is a quiz guessing website. You make questions and it gives you its hunch about what the best thing is for you. I chose the What’s the best profession for me quiz. It … Read More →
Windside – Fancy Wind Turbine?
Windside – A Different Kind Of Wind Turbine. Read more: http://www.arcticstartup.com/2009/11/13/windside-a-different-kind-of-wind-turbine/
New Kind Of Acceleration For Startups in Finland
There is a very interesting Startup Acceleration Program in Helsinki, Finland, that provides advisory services, private network of investors and tools for negotiation, growth, etc for entrepreneurs with great ideas. All these three services are for free! I wonder if they could have something like this … Read More →
Spudaroo.com – an outsourcing marketplace for documents in general
Spudaroo.com is a website that allows people to pay 3rd parties to create website documents, business plan, blog content, slide presentation, and even resume for lazy people. This is a Canadian startup and I wonder how effective is to outsource this type of work to … Read More →