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History of BetFair, from the concept to the startup —in Andrew Black and Edward Wray’s own words
I already linked to it, but you should re-read the 2008 TIME interview of BetFair’s two founders.
Awesome literature, if you are an entrepreneur.
Take 10 minutes today to read that.
BetFair co-founder Ed Wray laments the suppression of UK’s tax incentive for startup entrepreneurs.
BetFair chairman Ed Wray: “Too many hurdles in the way of enterprise”.
Wray refers to a tax incentive that he and Black used to launch Betfair after they were forced to go to friends and family for funds, having failed to raise capital from institutional investors.
“That was very useful in terms of getting the business off [...]
Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” about HubDub shows that he hasn’t any.
[IMPORTANT NOTE: This present post is critical of one point expressed by Nigel Eccles, but, overall, I like this Scottish guy, and I enjoy HubDub's prediction markets a lot.]
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Nigel Eccles:
Quoting HubDub forecasts in news stories about future events will be as common as quoting stock prices in financial stories is today or (in the UK) [...]
Anybody from Yale on Midas Oracle?? Or play poker?? Or is an entrepreneur?? Or is all that at the same time??
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Sean Glass, the co-founder of Pikum (featured minimally on Midas Oracle some time ago) is a very interesting young man.
The guy helped created the Yale Entrepreneurial Society (and is a founding board member of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute).
The guy founded Higher One.
The guy “published a book called Starting Hands, which shows how poker skills can [...]
Wanna launch a startup? Do it in California, not in France.
French blogger and entrepreneur Loic Le Meur (How I started Seesmic and raised $6 million):
If you asked me to name only one difference between Europe and the US it would be the positive attitude that floats constantly around here [in the US]. It is the “how can I help” by default. Trust is by default. [...]
The future of futurism: crowds or entrepreneurs?
Chris Masse has already linked to The Economist story on futurists, which ends with a plug for prediction markets:
The most heeded futurists these days are not individuals, but prediction markets, where the informed guesswork of many is consolidated into hard probability. Will Osama bin Laden be caught in 2008? Only a 15% chance, said Newsfutures [...]
Great podcasts on information technology
Random Bits Podcasts – Among others:
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress Founder
Alex King, Designer, Developer, WordPress Guru
Craig Newmark, Craigslist Founder, Community Builder, Entrepreneur
plus many more…
Alex King’s advice to companies:
Don’t let the person who writes the press releases anywhere near the corporate blog.
Ariadne Capital = Global Investment and Advisory Firm
Ariadne Capital:
Ariadne Capital is an Investment and Advisory Firm focused on Software and Services, New Media, Communications and Life Services. We are backed by 40 Entrepreneurs who founded the firm in 2000 in order to build the market leading companies of the new Millennium. Headquartered in London, our network of Executives, Investors and Partners extends [...]
DOCUMENTARY: The Call of the Entrepreneur
The Call of the Entrepreneur:
A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer. A refugee from Communist China. One risked his savings. One risked his farm. One risked his life. Why do their stories matter? Because how we view entrepreneurs—as greedy or altruistic, as virtuous or vicious—shapes the destinies of individuals and nations.
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