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Patrick Young Spotting Of The Month — Monaco Edition

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:54:03 +0000

Capital Market Revolution, a decade later — by Patrick Young (InTrade co-founder)

In Monaco — February 4th, 2010

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Robin Hanson’s futarchy is “retarded”.

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:57:40 +0000

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Debate between Robin Hanson and blogger Mencius Moldbug about futarchy, “a subject on which fur has flown over the blogosphere.”

H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act, and H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:25:12 +0000

House Financial Services Committee – Wednesday, December 3, 2009

Via Daniel Horowitz

How to use enterprise prediction markets to minimize risks when introducing new products

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:20 +0000

How to Use Collective Intelligence to Minimize Risks When Introducing New Products

CrowdCast WebCast – (Tuesday, December 8, 2009):

Does your company rely on new product introductions to drive growth? A single missed launch date for a new product can impact company valuation by 5%, costing millions of dollars in market capitalization. Given increasing consumer and investor expectations around new products, and the globalization of supply chains, the risks to your company have never been higher or harder to measure.

Throughout the launch of each new product, the information you need to make better decisions and to minimize risks exists in your company — if you have an efficient way to tap into this information.

Prediction markets offer a new way to identify, measure and respond to risks. By aggregating insights from across your company to evaluate and quantify risks, you have the best chance to recognize issues early and take corrective action.

From this webcast, you will learn about key problems with new product introductions, and how to use prediction markets to quickly address risks that prevent new products from launching on time.

Inkling Markets’s Adam Siegel needs salad leaves to relieve tension.

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:27 +0000

If you listened to that “lecture” at Kellogg, send me an anonymous e-mail to cfm &&AT&& midasoracle **+DOT+** (-com-), and tell me how it went and whether Adam has convinced you of the usefulness of enterprise prediction markets.

Let’s boycott the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:23:14 +0000

I renew my boycott on the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.

As I said many times, do not pay anything (not even $4) to listen to vendors’ marketing message —and to illuminated academics bought by these vendors.

They all exaggerate the usefulness of the prediction markets.

And beware that phone-booth conference organizer who hides under a female account and a “legal assistant” account on that e-mailing list.

Platforms, markets & bytes: the economic landscape of the 6th paradigm

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:07:38 +0000

Sean Park is minding a conference presentation. Go there and exchange ideas with him —well, if you have any.

Boycott the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets.

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:30:07 +0000

I renew my call for boycotting the $400 vendor conference on prediction markets. Don’t pay $400 to listen to prediction market software vendors. (They should pay you $400, rather, to listen to their marketese.) They highly exaggerate the usefulness of prediction markets (and enterprise prediction markets, in particular). They don’t have a single use case to demonstrate their usefulness. There is no way you will get any R.O.I. out of those vendor conferences held in a phone booth.

Plus, the SF organizer of these conferences is a guy that has the detestable habit of hiding his identity under many pseudonyms (a female secretary, a “legal assistant”, a foundation director, etc.). This guy is a mythomaniac. Stay away.

Read Paul Hewitt’s blog, instead. It is free —and it tells the truth.

Tap The Collective — What the official photographer didn’t show you

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:07:21 +0000

#taptc

Tap The Collective — The Photos

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:12:56 +0000

The speakers:

Our good friend Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets (his dress code: “you should dress”):

Melody Hildebrandt:

The speakers (minus Adam Siegel and Melody Hildebrandt):

So, now that it is over you can tell me, what were Adam Siegel’s eggs filled with…??…

UPDATE: Robin Hanson + Melody Hildebrandt

Next: “Tap The Collective” failed to convince me about the usefulness of enterprise prediction markets.