Tag Archives: Inkling CEO

Meet Adam Siegel, Inkling CEO.

Inkling Markets

Posted in People | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hanson’s Market Scoring Rule Explained in Five Sentences, Why Betfair Gets So Little U.S. Press Coverage, and other Half-Baked Commentary by Michael Giberson

[Chris Masse invited me to submit to an email interview. I’m responding here to Chris’s questions, rendered in italics below. I'm not sure that anyone other than Chris will be interested, and half-way through he may regret this idea himself. … Continue reading

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Industry), Analysis (Market Proposals), Analysis (Meta), Economics, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, Market Makers (Automated), Mechanism Designs, Regulations | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

How to subscribe to Paul Graham’s site feed

- Paul Graham is Inkling CEO Adam Siegel’s intellectual guru. – Paul Graham thinks himself as a top IT thinker (contrary to Jed Christiansen, I’m not impressed), but he was unable to set up his own site feed. Somebody did … Continue reading

Posted in Resources - References | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Debunking HSX Alex Costakis’ conspiracy theory

#1. There’s a story covering Inkling Markets and (not extensively) the corporate prediction markets in the Chicago Tribune. Here’s an interesting excerpt: In the real world, the reason people use markets is to make money. If an outcome is accurately … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Industry) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Inkling CEO Adam Siegel DID acknowledge the other prediction exchanges.

Inkling: Inkling is not the first prediction market, but we believe it sets the standard for ease of use and setup, thus capturing the true ethos of what prediction markets are all about: wide participation of a diverse group of … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Industry) | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hollywood Stock Exchange’s Alex Costakis makes historical mistake, TOO.

History of the Hollywood Stock Exchange: June 2006: Hollywood Stock Exchange launches the Sports Stock Exchange® with special securities covering the 2006 FIFA World Cup. April 2006: HSX Research wins contract for building Storage Markets, an innovative prediction market platform … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Were the NewsFutures real-money prediction markets on Dutch elections accurate?

NewsFutures blog post: [...] At first glance, the quality of the market’s vote share predictions were somewhat disappointing compared to the three main polls [...] However, the story changes dramatically if, instead of looking at the predictions just before the … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Does Inkling CEO Adam Siegel deserve capital punishment, really!??

#1. Inkling CEO Adam Siegel has made a tiny historical mistake by claiming a “first”. (See: Two Tipping Points for Inkling Markets and Market Scoring Rule) #2. It’s great that the correction has been published. (See: Two Tipping Points for … Continue reading

Posted in Analysis (Industry) | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The answer from Inkling Markets

… has sent this (in response to the previous piece): Hi Chris, The reason the names have become the way they are are because we now have multiple products, so we found ourselves in a situation where “Inkling” is a … Continue reading

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Inkling CEO Adam Siegel asks for feedback on UI.

He asks. #1. I couldn’t manage to divine where was the entry-point for the public markets. This big button was misleading. Can’t you simply have a link titled “public markets” (or a listing of the main categories), like everybody else … Continue reading

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Software | Tagged , , | Leave a comment