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Pikum — A new kind of betting game created and played between friends
Pikum — A new kind of betting game created and played between friends
Have you ever competed with friends on sporting knowledge? Ever made a bet with them on the result of a sporting event? Enjoy playing the office sweepstake or the occasional flutter?
If so, you’ll love Pikum. We’re a social network where you are able [...]
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg is my hero and so he should be yours.
Interview – MP4 file
Pay attention about what he says on giving away things (free software) and how to monetize that. This 24-year-old CEO is a wise man.
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Technical Note: You will hear Matt talking about “WordPress.com” and “WordPress.org”. For your information, Midas Oracle is [...]
How political prediction markets save lives
Over the years there has been a lot of talk in this community about how prediction markets could be “socially valuable”. The discussion has often focused on the value of the information and/or predictions that the markets could generate, especially in a political context. Election-based decision markets a la Hanson are thus being held as [...]
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.
Are serial entrepreneurs the best to start up brand-new prediction exchanges or prediction software companies?
Don’t we put too much into the “serial entrepreneur” myth?
#1. The founder of RedFin believes that serial entrepreneurs are likely to do worse, not better, than start-up newbies. Guy Kawasaki agrees.
#2. Google’s Melissa Mayer was on CNBC to talk about the You’Re The VC website.
Meet John Nafeh, the HedgeStreet brain.
HedgeStreet:
Dr. John Nafeh – Director
John Nafeh is the Founder of HedgeStreet. He combined his expertise in decision analysis and risk management, his experience guiding Internet-related start-ups, and his vision of an Internet-based mass market for risk-hedging financial instruments [*] to create HedgeStreet. As Managing Director of Pareto Partners, a venture capital fund, Dr. Nafeh has [...]
BetFair results for the year 2007
The Sporting Exchange (BetFair Group) – The BetFair 2007 Annual Review = 2007 Results (ending April 30, 2007) – (PDF file) -
2007 revenue: £185,933,000
2007 group revenue: £181,928,000
2007 gross profit: £143,207,000
2007 EBITDA: £31,968,000
2007 profit: £19,388,000
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Edward Wray (Non-Executive Chairman):
I am delighted to be able to report on another year of strong performance for your company. Like-for-like [...]
The Gambit Special Interest Group
Via betting market expert Niall O’Connor, The Gambit Special Interest Group:
Gambit is destined to be intellectual playground for all those in the gaming, gambling and gamebling [???] industries. Initiated by Cass Business School’s Executive MBA alumni, Gareth Wong, founder of GamBond, our aim is to provide a space for networking, mental stimulation and exchange of [...]
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