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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Peter Diamandis – The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself. – [VIDEO]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged innovation, Peter Diamandis, progress
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Libertarianism = favoring free enterprise over big government. – [VIDEO]
Jeffrey Miron: Milton Friedman:
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged enterprise, free enterprise, Freedom, Government, Jeffrey Miron, libertarianism, liberty, Milton Friedman
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Engineering magazine pulverizes Ray Kurzweil into fine particules.
Ray Kurzweil is full of it. His prediction track record is investigated by IEEE Spectrum.
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Forecasting (Science & Practice), Inventions & Innovations, Prediction Post-Mortem, Predictions - Forecasts, The Global Economy
Tagged digital economy, economy, Information Technology, predicting, prediction track record, Predictions, Ray Kurzweil, singularity, technology, US economy
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Zappos’s Tony Hsieh: Building a Formidable Brand – [VIDEO]
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce
Tagged angel investors, brand, Business, capital, clients, consumers, customers, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finance, marketing, quality, service, startups, strategy, Tony Hsieh, venture capital, venture capitalists, Zappos
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The Death Spiral Of The Prediction Market Startups
Posted in Midas Oracle Archives
Tagged prediction market startups, prediction markets, startups
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The late Jack Valenti did support Larry Lessig’s Creative Commons. – [VIDEO]
Posted in Business
Tagged copyright, Creative Commons, Hollywood, Jack Valenti, Larry Lessig, Motion Picture Association, MPA
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The Death Spiral Of The Prediction Market Startups – [VIDEO]
James Surowiecki, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers were the 3 boosters of the prediction markets. It turned out they were dead wrong — prediction markets are not that useful in business. 7:45 into Steve Blank nailed it.
Posted in Business, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Explainers, Finance, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged angel investors, Business, business angels, Customer Development, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finance, idea, investing, investments, investors, marketing, startups, Steve Blank, venture capital, venture capitalists
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Peter Thiel on technological progress – [VIDEO]
Just an excerpt, alas.