Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Web 2.0, tagged Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, chikipedia, dealipedia, Gerbsman Partners, Michael robertson, mp3.com, Robert Tillman, user generated content, Web 2.0, wikipedia on June 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The widespread use of Wikipedia have spurred some interesting offsprings;
For Business try: www.dealipedia.com
“The business deal wiki”
Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, started this archive of M&A activities, IPOs, bankruptcies, and scoops on who made money (including him) on the deals.
For relaxation try: www.chickipedia.com
“The wiki of hot women”
Learn that Scarlett Johansson is known for “her popularity with up-and-coming celebrity men” … and going-nowhere Web surfers.
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, tagged boic, digital nomad, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, global economic downturn, Robert Tillman, soaring gas prices on June 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
A Reuters report today highlights organizations that are cutting back the number of days employees are required to physically show up at work because of soaring gas prices. Even employees who are required to be on-site in order to work, such as janitors, are being cut down to four-day workweeks to save gas. White collar workers, of course, are being allowed, encouraged or forced to stay home once a week or more often and telecommute.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Technology, tagged apple, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Business week, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, iphone, Kleiner perkins, pelago, Robert Tillman, Strategy, Technology, Worldwide Developers Conference on June 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Apple won’t crank up the hype machine about all the new things an iPhone can do until its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, but here’s a small taste of what’s in store: finding things to do in the neighborhood when you’re at a loss.
That’s the idea behind Pelago, the first company funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as part of the $100 million iFund the venture capital firm announced in March at Apple’s last big iPhone event.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Investments, Market research, tagged Asia Times, asia times online, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Economy, food crisis, food prices, gepolitical catastrophe, grain prices, monetary crisis, rice, Robert Tillman, weak dollar on May 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The global food crisis is a monetary phenomenon, an unintended consequence of America’s attempt to inflate its way out of a market failure. There are long-term reasons for food prices to rise, but the unprecedented spike in grain prices during the past year stems from the weakness of the American dollar. Washington’s economic misery now threatens to become a geopolitical catastrophe.
Read the complete Asia Times article here
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