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

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

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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PREDICTION MARKETS + TV = a recipe for success

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Why is HSX the Planet Earth’s most popular play-money prediction exchange? –> Because Max Keiser went on TV each week pitching HSX, in the late 90s. CNN prediction exchange –> pitched on CNN TV, soon = good thing CNBC prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets | Tagged CNBC, CNN, CNN Political Market, co-founder, Consensus Point, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, Inkling, inkling markets, Max Keiser, media team, Mike Giberson, NewsFutures, PopSci PPX, prediction markets, TV, Virtual Specialist | 4 Comments

Should the Hollywood Stock Exchange become a real-money betting exchange?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Max Keiser, Trader Daily ($$$): Hollywood Ending – Trader Daily – October 4, 2007 – by Robert LaFranco A decade ago, a Wall Street trader and an L.A. dealmaker united to remake the movie industry in the image of … Continue reading →

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What Max Keiser says about his moment at the helm of the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser (Co-Founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange): Co-Founder, Co-Chairman Hollywood Stock Exchange (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry) October 1995 â€“ December 2000 (5 years 3 months) Invented the Virtual Specialist Technology (U.S. pat. no. 5950176) that runs … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged broker, co-chairman, co-founder, Hollywood Investment Bank, Hollywood Reserve Bank, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Broker, Max Keiser, prediction markets, United States, Virtual Specialist | Leave a comment

The Max Keiser Bombastic Statement Of The Day.

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser: [...] You mention you have not read the [HSX] Virtual Specialist patent [which Max Keiser filed]; itâ€™s like a Rabbi having never read the Bible. The VS patent is the bible for the VS/ â€˜prediction marketâ€™ industry. As … Continue reading →

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HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

For an updated version of this document, see the “paged” Prediction Markets Timeline. – CHRONOLOGY & HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline – Feel free to post a comment or contact me, and I’ll correct or add a factoid. Thanks. – #1. … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Stock Exchange’s Virtual Specialist technology as it is currently being used to make weekend box office guesses is like using a nuclear reactor to cook an egg.

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

That bombastic statement was made by Max Keiser, the Hollywood Stock Exchange co-founder, in a comment, here, on Midas Oracle. I begin to like that guy… Max Keiser… Each time he passes by, he drops a hand grenade. Finally some … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Exchanges & Markets | Tagged co-founder, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, prediction markets, Virtual Specialist, virtual specialist technology | Leave a comment

The Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, and their Wikipedia entries.

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— Hollywood Stock Exchange entry at Wikipedia: The Hollywood Stock Exchange, or HSX, is a web-based, multiplayer game in which players use simulated money to buy and sell “shares” of actors, directors, upcoming films, and film-related options. [...] HSX is … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Alex Brown & Sons, Cambridge Technology Partners, CEO, Chris Masse, co-chairman, Editor, Eric Zitzewitz, Esther Dyson, Holllywood Stock Exchange, Hollywood Stock Exchange, individual editor, journalist, Justin Wolfers, Kinooga, Louisiana, Major, Max Keiser, Michael Burns, Midas Oracle, NBC, New York Times, Oppenheimer & Co. His, Paul Tetlock, prediction markets, Prime Minister, Robert Metcalfe, Robin Hanson, Securities and Exchange Commission, Shearson Lehman, Software, the New York Times, uninvolved administrator, United States, virtual central bank, Virtual Specialist, virtual specialist technology, Wall Street, West Hollywood California | Leave a comment

Interesting inkling into the creation of the Hollywood Stock Exchange

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

This is interesting. When Max Keiser launched the Hollywood Stock Exchange, he had personified all aspects of the economy with characters: there was MaxBroker (Max Keiser), MacDaddy as the banker (Michael Burns), Dr. Zeros as the fed chairman (Max Keiser), … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged Alex Costakis, banker, Bear Stearns, CEO, Chair, co-founder, Denise Fine, fed chairman, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, HSX co-founder, Max Keiser, Michael Burns, MTV, prediction markets, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tom Freston, Virtual Specialist | Leave a comment

HSX co-founder Max Keiser on a quest to reinvent economics

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

From the promotional documentation of Kinooga CEO Max Keiser: Max Keiser launched his career working as a registered securities brokers for some of the largest and most prestigious financial houses in the world, including Shearson Lehman, Alex Brown & Sons … Continue reading →

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