Monthly Archives: November 2010

Track the Bet is a sports betting analytics software which helps users manage their sports picks with multiple reports and graphs.

Track the Bet

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Predict X = Play-money prediction markets

Predict X http://www.predictx.org/ FAQ Best wishes to Sebastian and Alexander.

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SportsRiskIndex to provide sports-based risk management products to sports-related businesses

White Paper

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Technological change and asset returns

Peter Thiel thinks our entire civilization and culture is predicated on accelerating technological change. Specifically, technological growth has an important but poorly understood impact on economic growth, asset returns and the need to work over the course of one’s life. … Continue reading

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Big trends in VC land (super angels, etc.) – [VIDEO]

Paul Graham at Startup School 2010: Watch live video from c3oorg on Justin.tv Watch live video from Startup School on Justin.tv Download this post to watch the embedded video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.

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The gastronomic meal of the French has been recognized by Unesco. – [VIDEO]

Bon apetit.

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Long article about Paul Graham in Forbes

Paul Graham’s Y Combinator has stormed Silicon Valley and pioneered a better way to build a company. We realized early on that the founders matter more than the idea. True.

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By now, you’ve heard of that “feeling the future” paper, right? – [VIDEO]

Tyler Cowen is “still a skeptic, to say the least“, but that’s because today’s science needs a brand new paradigm. I will elaborate in the months to come here. In the meantime, watch this video. Download this post to watch … Continue reading

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Ron Paul on the TSA scandal – [VIDEO]

Here.

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The sad tale of the prediction market startups

They all crashed down. For the simple reason that their mentors (James Surowiecki, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers) had the wrong hypothesis. It turned out that prediction markets are not useful in business administration. Period. End of chapter. Move on.

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