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Adam Siegel looks like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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

Here are short excerpts of the Forrester report on enterprise prediction markets and companies that provide software for enterprise prediction markets. – The Forrester executive summary: The “wisdom of crowds” is capturing the attention of corporate strategists across the globe, … Continue reading

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

Consultants – - Inkling – URL: Inkling Markets – (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) Adam Siegel — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Nathan Kontny – NewsFutures – (Maryland, U.S.A. & Paris, France, E.U.) Emile Servan-Schreiber — Post Archives at Midas Oracle Maurice … Continue reading

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THE BLOG POST THAT WILL RUIN THE MOOD OF NATHAN KONTNY, THE INKLING MARKETS CTO.

Rails Is A Ghetto. This is exactly what makes Rails a ghetto. A bunch of half-trained former PHP morons who never bother to sit down and really learn the computer science they were too good to study in college.

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Does Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets exist really?

Or is he a virtual avatar of Nathan Kontny, the original Inkling founder? And can he read English? On June 8, 2007, and more recently on August 29, 2007, I have highlighted that there’s a historical error (among other improprieties) … Continue reading

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A BIG THANK YOU TO INKLING MARKETS.

- I think that Inkling Markets should be congratulated for letting people like you and me create and manage their own play-money prediction markets. – I would like to see Inkling Markets rank all its prediction market managers (the people … Continue reading

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Inkling Markets’ Nathan Kontny is desperatly in need of market designer Chris Hibbert.

Inkling Markets’ Adam Siegel (actually, but that’s the same ) is seeking feedback on how to design a prediction market that is about forecasting… a date. (Not a date with a girl… a date… the timing of an event, see.) … Continue reading

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BetFair, Sim Exchange = Vertical Prediction Exchanges, First

The Sim Exchange’s founder (Brian Shiau): Chris [Masse] speculated on whether the simExchange will become a more generalist exchange, like BetFair, which began as a horseracing market before transforming into a general prediction market. The simExchange is indeed exploring the … Continue reading

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Are Nathan Kontny and Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets being EXPLOITED by Paul Graham’s Y Combinator? THE ANSWER.

Adam Siegel (Inkling Markets CEO): Chris, We have been asked this many times. Really what it comes down to is a group’s financial situation and comfort level with getting in to the deal. It’s true yCombinator doesn’t give much money, … Continue reading

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Are Nathan Kontny and Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets being EXPLOITED by Paul Graham’s Y Combinator?

Chris Law: [...] [C]ompanies that Y Combinator is funding are at a 60x discount to what a VC is funding companies at. [...] Sudhir Jha: I am also a big fan of Paul’s writings and Y combinators’ concept in general … Continue reading

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