I dropped by the Investorside conference last week to hear the panel discussion on ‘The Future of Expert Networks’. Given my work in the expert network industry, I was excited to see some of my former competitors. The fastest growing sector of the $1.8b independent research industry are expert networks, which are now approximately a...
[Continue Reading]Lead Generation 2.0: How Entrepreneurs are Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation in Internet Marketing
Following are my notes on last night’s MIT Enterprise Forum event: “Lead Generation 2.0: How Entrepreneurs are Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation in Internet Marketing“ Moderator: Brian Hirsch, Managing Director, Greenhill SAVP Brian Hirsch is a Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP and a Co-Chairman of the Fund`s Investment Committee. Prior to joining SAVP...
[Continue Reading]Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 in the Capital Markets Industry
I have attached below some notes from last Monday’s Financial Markets World conference on Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 in the Capital Markets Industry , at Bayard’s, New York. My own talk was on “How to Source Deals with Web 2.0 Technologies”. It was focused on how private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge...
[Continue Reading]Peter Thiel, Paypal co-founder, on How New Technologies Thwart Government and Promote Freedom
I enjoyed tonight’s talk by Peter Thiel at NYC Junto, on “How New Technologies Thwart Government and Promote Freedom”. Junto is a libertarian-focused discussion group organized by Victor Niederhoffer. I’ve been following Peter’s writing for a while, since we overlap directly in our interests in investing and in online networks. Peter is President of Clarium...
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