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Maurice Balick is out of hibernation.

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 9, 2009 — Leave a Comment

http://twitter.com/mbalick

Posted in People | Also tagged Twitter

Il n’est jamais trop tard pour bien faire, Emile.

Written by Chris F. Masse on March 30, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Saw this this morning (Monday, March 30, 2009) on LinkedIn… about NewsFutures, which was founded in 2000 (that was 9 years ago if I can count) by Emile Servan-Schreiber (CEO) and Maurice Balick (CTO):
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As they say, it is never too late to arise!…
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Posted in Humor | Also tagged Emile Servan-Schreiber, Humor, LinkedIn, NewsFutures, prediction markets

The thing you didn’t know about the other NewsFutures co-founder —the one you never heard about.

Written by Chris F. Masse on November 22, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Maurice Balick, the CTO (and co-founder) of NewsFutures… “has an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.”

Very interesting. I like people with a dual competency —being myself a monomaniac.
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Posted in People | Also tagged NewsFutures, prediction markets

Enterprise Prediction Markets = The wisdom of crowds comes to the enterprise.

Written by Chris F. Masse on October 29, 2008 — 2 Comments

Here are short excerpts of the Forrester report on enterprise prediction markets and companies that provide software for enterprise prediction markets.
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The Forrester executive summary:
The “wisdom of crowds” is capturing the attention of corporate strategists across the globe, and, as a result, many are now looking to prediction markets — speculative markets in which traders collectively [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Cases, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers | Also tagged A. Huberman, - Bernardo Huberman, Adam, Adam Siegel, Alberta, Bernardo A. Huberman, Bernd Ankenbrand, Boston Consulting Group, Calgary, California, Canada, Center for Energy Commerce, CEO, Charles R. Plott, Chicago, Chris Hibbert, Client Resource Center, Collective Intelligence, corporate prediction markets, David Perry, David Shahar, Director, EDS, Elad Amir, Emile Servan-Schreiber, ENERGY ECONOMIST, energy policy, enterprise prediction markets, Exago, Forrester, France, George Mason University, George Tziralis, Germany, Google, Greece, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HP Services & HP Labs, IBM, Illinois, Information Dynamics Lab, IntelliMarket Systems, internal prediction markets, Israel, Justin Wolfers, Kansas, Kay-Yut Chen, Ken Kittlitz, KPMG, L.A., Littal Shemer Haim, Maryland, Michael Giberson, Microsoft, Nashville, Nathan Kontny, Noam Danon, Oliver Bernhard Pedersen, Paris, Pedro Da Cunha, Pennsylvania, Peter Gollowitsch, Portugal, prediction market consultants, Prediction Market Software, prediction markets, private prediction markets, R. Plott, - Charles Plott, Rawls College of Business, Robin Hanson, Software architect / , Zocalo, project manager, software for prediction markets, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech University, United States, University of Kansas, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, Virginia, Virtual Specialist, VP Business development, VP R&D, wisdom of crowds, Yahoo!

Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” about HubDub shows that he hasn’t any.

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 24, 2008 — 5 Comments

[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) [...]

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Also tagged America, Asia, author, bloggers, Blogosphere, Emile Servan-Schreiber, entrepreneur, Europe, event derivative markets, event derivatives, gifted exchange executive, HubDub, Internet Usability, journalists, Justin Wolfers, Media, Mediasphere, NewsFutures, Nigel Eccles, Nigel Eccles' mission, Open Media, play-money prediction markets, prediction market journalism, prediction market prices, prediction markets, strategy, United Kingdom

Where to find advice on how to set up your enterprise prediction markets

Written by Chris F. Masse on May 29, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Consultants
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Inkling – URL: Inkling Markets – (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.)

Adam Siegel — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Nathan Kontny

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NewsFutures – (Maryland, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.)

Emile Servan-Schreiber — Post Archives at Midas Oracle
Maurice Balick

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Xpree – (U.S.A.)

Mat Fogarty — Post Archives at Midas Oracle

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HP Services – HP Labs – (U.S.A.)

Predicting the future –with games — Introductory article
Information Dynamics [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Consulting | Also tagged A. Huberman, - Bernardo Huberman, Adam, Adam Siegel, Alberta, American Enterprise Institute, Bernardo A. Huberman, Bernd Ankenbrand, BPH Technologies, Calgary, California, Canada, CEO, Charles R. Plott, Chicago, Chris Hibbert, consultancy firms, consultants, Consulting, consulting firms, corporate prediction markets, D.C., David Perry, David Shahar, Director, Durham, economic tools, Elad Amir, Emile Servan-Schreiber, energy, ENERGY ECONOMIST, energy policy, enterprise prediction markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, France, George Mason, George Tziralis, Germany, Google, Greece, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HP Labs, Illinois, Information Dynamics Lab, IntelliMarket Systems, internal prediction markets, Israel, Jed Christiansen, Justin Wolfers, Kansas, Kay-Yut Chen, Ken Kittlitz, L.A., Littal Shemer Haim, London, Maryland, Michael Giberson, Mikael Edholm, Nashville, Nathan Kontny, Noam Danon, North Carolina, Oliver Bernhard Pedersen, Paris, Pennsylvania, Peter Gollowitsch, prediction market consultants, prediction markets, private prediction markets, R. Plott, - Charles Plott, Raleigh, Robert Hahn, Robert Wilburn, Robin Hanson, Software architect / , Zocalo, project manager, Tennessee, United Kingdom, United States, Virginia, VP Business development, VP R&D, Washington

Inkling Markets’ GodFather Speaks Out.

Written by Chris F. Masse on May 4, 2008 — Leave a Comment

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Taking his propos and applying them to Adam Siegel and Nate Kontny, you’d get that:

The key is Adam Siegel and Nate Kontny’s determination. They refuse to fail.
The key for Nate Kontny was to find out a good co-founder —that was Adam Siegel.
[M]arket is the biggest determinant in the outcome of successful startups. [...] Smart people [...]

Posted in Business, Consulting, Entrepreneurship | Also tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, corporate prediction markets, David Perry, Emile Servan-Schreiber, enterpreneurship, enterprise prediction markets, entrepreneurs, good co-founder, Inkling, inkling markets, internal prediction markets, Ken Kittlitz, Nate Kontny, Paul Graham, prediction markets, private prediction markets, startups, Y Combinator

Who is behind pmindustry.org?

Written by Chris F. Masse on October 22, 2007 — 1 Comment

NetSol:
Domain ID: D149447780-LROR
Domain Name: PMINDUSTRY.ORG
Created On: 19-Oct-2007 11:24:54 UTC
Last Updated On: 19-Oct-2007 11:24:56 UTC
Expiration Date: 19-Oct-2008 11:24:54 UTC
Show underlying registry data for this record
IP Address: 64.124.12.105 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-MARYLAND-EDGEWATER
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Data [...]

Posted in Resources - References | Also tagged Maryland, United States

Meet Maurice Balick, the NewsFutures and Bet2Give co-founder.

Written by Chris F. Masse on September 17, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Maurice Balick, CTO of NewsFutures and Bet2Give

Posted in People | Also tagged Bet 2 Give, Bet2Give, Bet2Give co-founder, CTO, NewsFutures, prediction markets

HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 17, 2007 — 16 Comments

For an updated version of this document, see the “paged” Prediction Markets Timeline.
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CHRONOLOGY & HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline
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Feel free to post a comment or contact me, and I’ll correct or add a factoid. Thanks.
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#1. Historical Prediction Markets
According to Paul Rhode and Koleman Strumpf, prediction markets almost never got it wrong forecasting the 19 presidential elections [...]

Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Explainers, History | Also tagged Andrew Black, Barney Pell, chronology, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, companies selling , software services, David McFadzean, Duane Hewitt, economist, Edward Wray, Emile Servan-Shreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Forrest Nelson, France, George Neumann, Google, Greg James, History, IG Group, independent judge, Iowa, Ireland, James Surowiecki, John Delaney, John Nafeh, Ken Kittlitz, Koleman Strumpf, main economist, Mark James, Max Keiser, Michael Burns, non-sports, prediction exchange, Paul Rhode, Poker party, prediction markets, Robert Forsythe, Robin Hanson, Russell Andersson, Sean Morgan, The Hollywood Stock Exchange, The University of Iowa, timeline, United Kingdom, United States, Ursula Burger, US DoD, USD, Virtual Specialist, Web-based organization, Xanadu Inc.

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Tag Archives: Maurice Balick

Maurice Balick is out of hibernation.

Il n’est jamais trop tard pour bien faire, Emile.

The thing you didn’t know about the other NewsFutures co-founder —the one you never heard about.

Enterprise Prediction Markets = The wisdom of crowds comes to the enterprise.

Nigel Eccles’ flawed “vision” about HubDub shows that he hasn’t any.

Where to find advice on how to set up your enterprise prediction markets

Inkling Markets’ GodFather Speaks Out.

Who is behind pmindustry.org?

Meet Maurice Balick, the NewsFutures and Bet2Give co-founder.

HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

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