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Path 2 – My thoughts
Dave Morin’s company has just launched a new and improved version of their app, Path – a mobile social network; in which you share details of your life with those that you are closest too… eradicating the 600+ friends on Facebook… down to a maximum of 150 people. The approach that Path is taking certainly is a novel one – and...
Startup Investors?
Can a startup have too many investors? A trend has recently developed in which quite a few startups are coming to the fore with 10-15 backers each throwing in around $100k-$250k. Taking Milk Inc. as an example, Kevin Rose’s latest startup which has been covered before on here, on the left you can see all 25 Angel investors who collectively...
Gaining Exposure to Social Media
Global X Funds have launched their first ETF targeting the social media sector – Global X Social Media Index ETF (Nasdaq: SOCL). I have to say this is a terrible idea; first, it’s simply trying to capitalise on a fad (and that always ends in tears). Second, the ETF actually has very little exposure to the leaders in the social...
$GRPN, Daily Deals – What’s Next?
Everyone has heard of the Chicago based daily deals company Groupon – founded by Andrew Mason in 2008 and cited by Forbes as “the fastest growing company in Web history”. Having recently celebrated the completion of its IPO it certainly makes for an interesting company and industry to analyse and here I put forward where I think the industry is...
Elephant Gun Captures $10.7B IBM Stake
Warren Buffet has come forward and said that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has accumulated a 5.5% stake in IBM, the billionaire investor’s biggest bet in the technology field – a field he has normally not dabbled on the grounds that he didn’t understand it. Personally, I think IBM is a fairly safe bet for Buffet who admittedly knows little about the IT...
Falcone’s LightSquared
Will Phil Falcone’s huge bet on building a wholesale 4G LTE 1 wireless network for the US pay off? Summary: Falcone has invested billions of dollars into LightSquared. Dogged with regulatory hurdles and claims that the network interferes with GPS, the launch has been delayed. I believe it is ultimately a game changing company – if it can push through...
Jack Dorsey, Square and the Future of Payments
The developments that have been made in the payment space during the past couple of years are impressive, an area that I have been closely following. We have seen the launch of Google Wallet, the refinement of NFT technology, and the launch of a little square that can be attached to an iPhone which instantly lets anyone accept credit card...
