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Streetspotting with Google Maps

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Gerbsman Partners, google, Market research, Strategy, Technology, Web 2.0 on April 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Google Maps have kept rolling out Streetview inside its maps section. Covering some 37 cities and more, the feature makes very good use of mesh and Web 2.0 technologies. Just type in your address and click on the street view button and hopefully they have cruised by and snapped some photos. Below is a sample from Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco

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With a 360degrees zoom-able picture, its is an amazing trip down memory lane where I go visit places. Of course, there are some funny pictures to find aside from all the usefulness. Click here to see Mashables top-15 list of strange and fun pictures. Click here for Google’s own blog on the topic.

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Recession Is Inevitable

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Intellectual capital, Investments, Market research, Strategy, Venture Capital on March 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is a very scary and (I am afraid) very accurate analysis from the Wall St. Journal.

“It is a very logical progression. Peloton, Carlyle, Focus — hedge funds and other non-deposit-taking financial institutions (NDFIs) are now being hit by the credit crunch, which had so far been mainly confined to mortgage lenders and the banks.”

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To charge or not to charge…

Posted in Business models, Investments, Market research, Strategy, Technology, Venture Capital, Web 2.0 on March 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is an interesting post by Josh Kopelman at redeye VC that I came across. I does refer to the recent wired article by Chris Anderson – “Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business”

“The huge psychological gap between “almost zero” and “zero” is why micropayments failed. It’s why Google doesn’t show up on your credit card. It’s why modern Web companies don’t charge their users anything. And it’s why Yahoo gives away disk drive space. The question of infinite storage was not if but when. The winners made their stuff free first.”

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