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Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/23/modeling-the-real-market-value-of-social-networks
24/7 Wall St.: The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs
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http://www.247wallst.com/2008/03/the-twenty-five.html
Tail Report
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http://www.tailreport.com
Chart Me Up: Web 2.0 Venture Deals
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/20/chart-me-up-web-20-venture-deals
Website Valuation Models - Search Engine Watch Forums
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http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?t=673
At $300 million - each Digg unique visitor is worth $16.30
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http://blog.compete.com/2007/11/08/at-300-million-a-digg-unique-visitor-is-worth-1630
Art of Valuation
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http://valueontheweb.com/blog
Is Twitter worth $150 million?
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/277865047
Holy Cow: GodTube Raises $30 Million
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http://mashable.com/2008/05/04/godtube-funding
Meebo Closes Big Funding Round
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/281045496
Social network creator Ning raises $60M at $500M valuation
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/273181578
Python Culture
Each software project has its own culture and style, its own approach to solving problems. Python tries to keep things simple, to be orthogonal but not too much so, and to assist the prog...
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http://www.python.org/dev/culture.html
That Sneaky Exponential
Networks that support the construction of communicating groups create value that scales exponentially with network size.
association, cohesion, communication, congregation, facilitation, interconnection, saturation, transaction, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.reed.com/Papers/GFN/reedslaw.html
By the Numbers: The Wal-Mart Dilemma, File Sharing and Lousy Service
At a micro level, customers are starting to flex their muscles and their creativity and working their way around market-distorting behaviours of obstinate and dysfunctional corporatists.
aberration, competition, globalization, optimization, production, protection, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/05/17.html#a1149
Calculating the True Price of Software
A significant portion of the value of software is the embedded "derivatives"--options or warrants--on future maintenance and enhancement.
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/07/21/software_pricing.html?page=1
Beyond Property
If humanity is to advance to Synergy, our concept of ‘property’ and property rights must change radically in the future.
accumulation, depredation, deprivation, derivation, disposition, distribution, evolution, innovation, optimization, progression, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://futurepositive.synearth.net/2005/07/25
Energy theory of value
Look at oil refinery investments. Look at India where power blackouts are routine. No amount of cheap labor helps if you don't have electricity and transporting goods is difficult. So it ...
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http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2005/09/energy_theory_o.html
Is attention the opposite of anonymity?
I tink a key reason that people want to control anonymity is that identity, like all personal data, has value; and so if I’m going to give up my anonymity, it should be in exchange for ...
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http://www.econometa.com/archives/26
No startup culture in Europe
The lack of a culture supportive of risk taking is one of the worst handicaps Europe faces in economic competition with the US and developing countries like India and China.
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http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2006/03/no-startup-culture-in-europe.html
Data Prizes
Most of the time the collectors of data toil in the fields unrecognized and unrewarded. When original data is collected it's often hoarded - better to mine it for yourself than open up t...
contribution, motivation, publication, reputation, utilization, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/03/data_prizes.html
Economic growth - forever
Economic growth is a matter of piling up new stuff by market value, based on subjective assessment of individuals, collectively summed up in the market price. This process holds the key t...
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http://rationalchoice.blogspot.com/2006/03/economic-growth-forever.html
The Value of a College Degree
Though the cost of higher education is significant, given the earnings disparity that exists between those who earn a bachelor's degree and those who do not, the individual rate of ROI in...
certification, communication, education, inclusion, reputation, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/value.htm
Google SMS
Still think it’s useful to have students memorize state capitals? With over 160 million mobile phone subscribers in the U.S. alone, text “capital minnesota” to Google and watch the ...
education, memorization, navigation, prioritization, retention, utilization, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://technosavvy.org/?p=397
Legislate Or Educate?
The reason this DOPA legislation has a chance is that so few people and so few teachers understand the value of these technology resources or even know what they are so they might not put...
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http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=80
Blogs like a neutron bomb!
Why this phenomenon is happening is simple: “It’s the audience.” It is not just about the in-class recognition, it is mainly about the fact that a worldwide audience is regularly vi...
aspiration, contribution, inclusion, motivation, publication, recognition, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb
The Optimal Use of Economists' Time
Why don't we see more economists writing for broad audiences? The answer is that economists, like other people, respond to incentives. [...] Perhaps it would be good if the economics prof...
appreciation, aspiration, education, motivation, suboptimization, valuation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/04/optimal-use-of-economists-time.html
Cargo Cult Science
give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgement in one particular direction or another.
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http://www.physics.brocku.ca/etc/cargo_cult_science.html
Monetizing the Waiting List
Today, people pay for waitlisted goods by waiting. Time has value, and there’s no reason it shouldn’t be allocated like other assets - according to a market. People who value time les...
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/24/superoyster-monetizing-the-waiting-list
Transform teaching now
Part of the answer lies in working outside normal channels. [...] In the long run we must change the nature of the teaching profession itself. Only then will teaching be what it should be...
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/407942p-345342c.html