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Tag Archives: prediction market software vendors
Based on what metric, exactly?
… asks our good doctor Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures, on the San Francisco clown’s e-mailing list. The answer is simple: The San Francisco clown (who hides behind the e-mail account of that young lady) will say anything for money. Whoever … Continue reading
How to set Reverse IP Lookup to anything that you like (or dislike, should I say, in this case)… including a NewsFutures server that does not exist in reality…!!!…
Dear readers, Now is time to give you some background information about last week’s incident. As you all know, somebody was irked by what I said about the EPM software vendors and set up, not one, but two websites denigrating … Continue reading
How that prediction market consultant in Holland attracts economic advisers on the cheap
Dear Mr. [PROFESSOR'S NAME GOES HERE], I am writing on behalf of [PREDICTION MARKET SOFTWARE VENDOR'S NAME], a Netherlands based consulting firm, because our research has identified you as a scholar with some expertise in Prediction Markets or a related … Continue reading
Google rewards those who take part in web conversations about (enterprise) prediction markets.
Scanning the results for the query on “prediction markets”, I see that, focusing on the software vendors and prediction market consultants incorporated after the 2003–2004 starting point (hence, excluding pioneer NewsFutures), Inkling Markets is ranked much higher than Consensus Point. … Continue reading
“that growth rate just isn’t as high as I wish it would be.”
As soon as that un-informed comment hit Google Reader, I received, in my e-mail inbox, proof that some prediction market vendors are doing very well lately, as prestigious Fortune-500 companies have been joining the ranks of organizations trying out enterprise … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Consulting
Tagged corporate prediction markets, enterprise prediction markets, internal prediction markets, prediction market companies, prediction market software vendors, prediction market vendors, prediction markets, private prediction markets, software for prediction markets
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REBUTTAL: SalesForce, StarBucks and Dell demonstrate that enterprise prediction markets as intra-corporation communication tools (as opposed to forecasting tools) are overhyped by the prediction market software vendors and a little clique of uncritical courtisans.
- SalesForce My Starbucks Idea Dell’s IdeaStorm – No need of trading technology to get feedback and suggestions from employees. A simple voting mechanism is more than enough. – Previously: Enterprise prediction markets give voice to serious, technology-minded professionals who … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cases, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce
Tagged corporate prediction markets, Dell, enterprise prediction markets, feedback, IdeaStorm, internal prediction markets, intra-corporation communication tools, MyStarbucksIdea, prediction market software vendors, private prediction markets, SalesForce, Starbucks, suggestions
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Predictify got funded… Great for those who will be hired… But is it a good thing, overall?
Via Nigel Eccles and Mat Fogarty, the Predictify blog, Mashable, and VentureBeat. NewsFutures, Consensus Point and Inkling Markets were self-funded, are now profitable, and are continuing to address their customers’ problems with a continually improved technology. These 3 prediction market … Continue reading
Google’s Bo Cowgill takes a swipe at the prediction market software vendors.
- Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – Bo Cowgill: [...] Trade-by-trade data can reveal characteristics of specific working … Continue reading
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Tagged architect, Bo Cowgill, Consensus Point, corporate prediction markets, David Perry, enterprise prediction markets, Eric Zitwewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, Google's enterprise prediction markets, Inkling, inkling markets, internal prediction markets, Justin Wolfers, Motorola, NewsFutures, prediction market consultants, prediction market software vendors, prediction markets, Prime Minister, private prediction markets, Qualcomm, Siemens, Social Networks, software engineers, software-and-consulting model
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Which software for prediction markets is the best?
John Ives: HSX software certainly has a lot of head room to offer to a relatively small project such as Storage Markets. Given the prediction market software vendors available to us during late 2005, we were very happy with our … Continue reading
Storage Markets – The True Story – Straight From The Horse’ s Mouth
John Ives: HSX software certainly has a lot of head room to offer to a relatively small project such as Storage Markets. Given the prediction market software vendors available to us during late 2005, we were very happy with our … Continue reading