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Kiko Now For Sale on eBay

August 16th, 2006 · Comments · Business Models, Web 2.0

Kiko, the online calendar I picked as my favorite Ajax application back in September 2005, is now for sale on eBay. The starting bid is $49,999.99, with no takers yet.
While Kiko’s functionality was solid (and improving, especially with recent releases), the team apparently wasn’t able to develop a viable business model to [...]

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Fastest Growing Web Sites

August 14th, 2006 · Comments · Web 2.0

Following is Nielsen/NetRating’s list of the top ten fastest growing internet sites, as measured by monthly unique visitors:

While I wasn’t surprised to see Wikipedia and MySpace, I didn’t expect HSBC or the Associated Press to make the cut…

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

August 4th, 2006 · Comments · Startup Ideas, Web 2.0

Numbers of the day: 9 years ago, there were 2 million pay phones throughout the US.
Today, mainly thanks to cell phones (though neglect is also a factor), there are only about 1 million working pay phones (source: Newsweek).
What’s the next industry ready to be disrupted? It’s already well underway in TV, real estate, and [...]

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Help Wanted for New Internet Startup

January 5th, 2006 · Comments · Startup Ideas, Web 2.0

I’m looking for a few extraordinary people for a new consumer-facing internet startup.
In particular, we’d like to find a chief architect (LAMP expertise important; knowledge of Ruby, Python or Drupal nice to have) and a lead designer (with strong CSS, UI and online graphic design skills). The right candidates will be knowledgeable [...]

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Delicious, Digg, and the New Balance of Power

December 6th, 2005 · Comments · Technology Trends, Web 2.0

Traditionally, I’ve thought of services like Boing Boing, Del.icio.us, Digg, and Slashdot mainly as mechanisms to discover breaking news and trends. They perform this task well, and as a result, many people check such sites nearly every day. As these services have gained critical mass, though, they’ve taken on a new function: in [...]

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