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Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:47:59 -0400

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Gumroad

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:50:44 -0400

Gumroad

Sandbox Industries: Nice Website

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:43:52 -0500

Sandbox Industries: Nice Website

Free Text to Speech Converter

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:07:11 -0500

Free Text to Speech Converter

Who wins clients – the banker or the bank?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:05:15 -0500

Who wins clients – the banker or the bank?:

Notes:

1. Independent advisers have advised on close to $500bn of mergers and
acquisitions in each of the past two years.

2. A lot of bankers are so reliant on the brand behind them that, when it
is eat-what-you-kill, they nearly starve

3. All they are selling [at a boutique] is their expertise, and while they
might look good at a large bank, the client has to have confidence that
their advice, as a standalone service, is that much better than what they
are getting from a bulge-bracket bank with financing capabilities.

4. The percentage of global M&A advised by boutiques slipped from 17.6% to
16.8% last year, generating $473.3bn of deal volume, according to Dealogic.
In Europe, the percentage slipped from 12.4% to 11.8%, accounting for
$95.6bn in deal volume

5. As one boutique founder put it, at a bulge-bracket bank, the chief
executive’s door is always open. At a boutique, only the right solution
will get you into the boardroom.

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Linking expert mouths with eager ears

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:24:21 -0500

Linking expert mouths with eager ears

Info Source: Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB)

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:18:10 -0500

Info Source: Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB)

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/tools/real-time-insights/

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:57:12 -0500

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/tools/real-time-insights/

Analytics For Farms

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:32:30 -0400

Analytics For Farms

Developing Microgrid Systems Using Model-based Design

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:31:56 -0400

Developing Microgrid Systems Using Model-based Design

Microgrids: Game Changing Solutions: An Audio Archive

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:31:24 -0400

Microgrids: Game Changing Solutions: An Audio Archive

The Lack of an Analytical Culture Prevents Organizations From Getting the Most Out of Data

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:30:56 -0400

The Lack of an Analytical Culture Prevents Organizations From Getting the Most Out of Data:

smarterplanet:

By Nakul Munjal
Brand system strategist
IBM

The field of behavioral economics shows in no uncertain terms that intuition has limitations as a decision-making tool. Leaders realize this,…

Frog Capital

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:28:20 -0400

Frog Capital:

An Innovative Growth Capital company.

New Energy Financing by the World Bank (IFC has angel funded...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:04:07 -0400

New Energy Financing by the World Bank

(IFC has angel funded clean tech technology.)

Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank Group
Awais Khan, Lead, Clean Tech Venture Capital Practice, KPMG
Greg Dalton, Founder of Climate One, Moderator

WHO’S WINNING THE CLEAN ENERGY RACE

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:07:25 -0400

WHO’S WINNING THE CLEAN ENERGY RACE

Scott Adams: Goals are for Losers

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:30:36 -0400

Scott Adams Blog: Systems 09/12/2011

smarterplanet: People Are Spending More Time In Mobile Apps...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:29:12 -0400

smarterplanet:

People Are Spending More Time In Mobile Apps Than On The Web | Social Media Today

People are spending more time inside mobile applications on average than they are on the web, according to an analysis from Flurry, a mobile analytics firm.

Flurry measures the time people spend in apps through its own direct analytics. It got numbers for the web using public data from comScore and Alexa. The analysis is somewhat imperfect, but even if you judge it solely on a directional basis you can see mobile apps are consuming more and more time.

So what are people doing in those apps? Gaming and social networking, which absorb 79% of people’s time, according to Flurry. The rest is news, entertainment, and other apps.

smarterplanet: The pieces are falling into place for an...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:28:07 -0400

smarterplanet:

The pieces are falling into place for an “internet of things” | GigaOM

It may be difficult to describe what exactly the phrase “an internet of things” means, but the pieces of the puzzle that are required for that to develop are all here today, ThingM CEO Mike Kuniavsky told attendees at GigaOM’s Mobilize conference in San Francisco. Those puzzle pieces include ubiquitous network connectivity, cloud-based services, cheap assembly of electronics, social design, open collaboration tools and low-volume sales channels. When put together, Kuniavsky said, they create an “innovation ecosystem” that is the foundation for an internet of things.

ThingM is what Kuniavsky called a “micro-OEM” that creates small batch custom electronics for a variety of clients, but the ThingM CEO and co-founder is actually a designer by training, who worked in web design and then user design before founding Adaptive Path, and who still works as a design consultant for large electronics companies and has written a book called Smart Things. The ThingM CEO said that based on his understanding of the custom electronics market, the “landscape in which we’re creating ubiquitous devices is about to fundamentally change.”

Random Companies

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:10:40 -0400

Power One (PWER): This company builds power management tools for the utility industry. With federal stimulus and the green tech industry focusing on “smart grid” technologies, PWER is ideally positioned to capitalize on the opportnities. Heres’ the one year chart:

http://blogs.wsj.com/financial-adviser/2010/07/27/the-five-stocks-with-the-best-charts-and-cheap-prices/

Merriman Curhan Ford identified five technologies for its index: fuel cells, solar power, alternative fuels, energy storage and other supporting technologies.

LPG: Syntroleum (SYNM) and Rentech (RTK).

Fuel Cell:

Medis Technologies, FuelCell Energy, Hydrogenics

Betting on green - Vinod Khosla (The Economist)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:53:52 -0400

Betting on green - Vinod Khosla (The Economist)