TechCrunch Netvibes – Social Media Monitoring, Analytics and Alerts Dashboard Venture Voice: VV Show #21 - Fabrice Grinda of Zingy « VV Show #20 - Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software | Main | VV Show #22 - Introducing the Venture Voice Entrepreneur of the Year Award » VV Show #21 - Fabrice Grinda of Zingy Download the MP3. If you think the ringtone business is for kids, then Fabrice Grinda has a $130 million lesson to teach you. Update (4/16/08): Fabrice announced on the Venture Voice blog that he's launched a new online classified business called OLX that's been dubbed a Facebook killer. Show notes: 1:15 Becoming an entrepreneur Born in Paris, grew up in Nice.Attended Princeton.Made several hundred thousand dollars by arbitraging computers between the US and France. 6:30 Types of entrepreneurs“I’m not very creative.” 23:45 Investor follies Aucland was funded by Bernard Arnault, France’s richest individual. Posted by Greg Galant on Dec 8, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (2) Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Tracked on February 28, 2006 9:55 PM Sunder
20 Useful OS X Tips Because we are all different, operating system developers always put more than one way of doing things in their systems. One example is there’s often keyboard shortcuts, menus and toolbars in applications for doing the same thing. Consequently, it’s very easy to get into the habit of doing things a particular way without ever learning other ways. Hopefully for the average user there might be at least one tip here that you weren’t aware of and that will be useful to you. Otherwise, I officially re-title this article: “20 Useful OS X Tips for Beginners and Switchers”. By the way, if you have a single button mouse, where it says “right click”, substitute with “control-click” . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. The Option key is a hidden treasure trove. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Now, if you are like “The Hackmeister of OS X”, rather than scoffing, let us know a few of your favorite lesser known tips.
The Future of Mobile News The era of mobile digital technology has crossed a new threshold. Half of all U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the web through either a smartphone or tablet, significantly more than a year ago, and this has major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for, according to a detailed new survey of news use on mobile devices by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) in collaboration with The Economist Group. At the center of the recent growth in mobile is the rapid embrace by Americans of the tablet computer. Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults, 22%, now own a tablet device-double the number from a year earlier. Mobile users, moreover, are not just checking headlines on their devices, although nearly all use the devices for the latest new updates. And for many people, mobile devices are adding how much news they consume. The survey also finds that consumers have yet to embrace certain features that mobile devices offer.
Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here By now you must have heard the news that AOL has acquired us. Here are videos of the on stage signing of the agreement and an interview with AOL CEO Tim Armstrong immediately afterwards. So how did all this happen? In May I had a chance to interview Tim on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt: New York. Tim asked me how things were going at TechCrunch. “That’s too bad, he said, we’d love to acquire you but we’d need to know you would stick around.” “Wait. We laughed, and that was the end of any conversations for a while. The truth is I was tired. AOL of course fixes that problem perfectly. The more we spoke with AOL the more we saw a perfect fit. From a product and business standpoint, it’s a perfect fit. But what put things over the top, and what ultimately led us to discontinue discussions with other suitors, was the AOL management team. So at that point we were basically sold. Tim told me that he doesn’t want whatever makes TechCrunch special to go away. So we begin another journey.
WhatRunsWhere: WhatRunsWhere: Competitive Intelligence for Advertising in the Digital World | Discover your Competitor's Display and Mobile Advertisements Corporate Venture Capital Corporate venture capital (CVC), distinct from corporate venturing, is the investment of corporate funds directly in external start-up companies. Corporate Venturing refers to when a company supports innovation and new projects internally.[1] CVC is defined by the Business Dictionary as the "practice where a large firm takes an equity stake in a small but innovative or specialist firm, to which it may also provide management and marketing expertise; the objective is to gain a specific competitive advantage.[2] The definition of CVC often becomes clearer by explaining what it is not. An investment made through an external fund managed by a third party, even when the investment vehicle is funded by a single investing company, is not considered CVC. In essence, it is best to think of CVC as a subset a venture capital whereby a company is investing, without using a third party investment firm, in an external start-up that it does not own. Objectives[edit] Investing and Financing[edit] A. B.
Dan Rodney's List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes For years I’ve collected these keystrokes. I hope they help you become the power user that lies within. I have tested them on Mac OS X El Capitan, but most should work on older versions of Mac OS (such as Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion). Menu Symbols Finder App Switcher Managing Windows & Dialogs Dock Dashboard Working with Text Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.) Screenshots Saved to the Desktop as a PNG file. Spotlight Mission Control Startup, Restart, Shutdown & Sleep Safari Apple Mail Preview Miscellaneous Emacs Key Bindings Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.)
In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012 Overview The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. But there are now signs that television news – which so far has held onto its audience through the rise of the internet – also is increasingly vulnerable, as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers. Online and digital news consumption, meanwhile, continues to increase, with many more people now getting news on cell phones, tablets or other mobile platforms. And perhaps the most dramatic change in the news environment has been the rise of social networking sites. These are among the principal findings of the Pew Research Center’s biennial news consumption survey, which has tracked patterns in news use for nearly two decades. The decline of print on paper spans beyond just newspapers. The changing demographics of the TV news audience are particularly noticeable in the
The early days of Techcrunch – Helloform I remember it well: back in June 2005, I sent Michael Arrington an email criticizing his personal blog design. I also remember that design quite well – it really did look like crap. Mike and I had been blogging about similar subjects and exchanging blog post comments. Back then I was blogging at webreakstuff.com (which became my company), and Mike was starting Techcrunch. Those exchanges and that particular email I sent eventually led to Mike asking me to design Techcrunch. I needed a challenge and decided to take him up on the offer. A couple months later, on August 25th, I got a long email from Mike. I’ve spent some time discussing edgeio with you and skirting the idea of you working with us. About three weeks later, I was landing at SFO and moving into what for the 4 following years was called the Techcrunch HQ – or simply Mike’s place. I remember going to bed and Mike being up, writing. These days, Techcrunch is huge – Mike talks about how big it is in his post at Uncrunched.
Quick Sprout — I'm Kind of a Big Deal business - Exit Strategies for Your Business Entrepreneurs live for the struggle of launching their businesses. But one thing they often forget is that decisions made on day one can have huge implications down the road. You see, it's not enough to build a business worth a fortune; you have to make sure you have an exit strategy, a way to get the money back out. For those of you who like to plan ahead--and for those of you who don't but should--here are the five primary exit strategies available to most entrepreneurs: The Modified Nike Maneuver: Just Take It. Rather than reinvesting money in growing your business, in lifestyle companies, you keep things small, take out a comfortable chunk, and simply live on the income. Remember, money in the wallet is no longer money in the business. If you think you're in business for the lifestyle, minimize your dependence on other investors and structure the business to allow you to draw out cash as needed. Pros Who doesn't like seven figures of take-home pay? Cons The Liquidation. You know them.