Business Models in User Generated Media

Tomorrow morning I’ll be speaking at http://ibreakfast.com/ on Business Models in User Generated Media. I have attached a DRAFT of my talk below. I’d be grateful for any feedback readers might have. In particular, I’m trying to get rough revenue estimates for each of the categories below. Business Models for User Generated Media (UGM)...

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TieCON East: Trends in Online Networks and Social Software

My colleague Scott Lichtman took some detailed notes on the TieCONEast panel last week on Trends in Online Networks and Social Software. Participants: Angela Biever Angela Biever is Managing Director for the Consumer Internet sector within Intel Capital, Intel’s corporate venturing organization. She assumed this role in early 2006.  Angela’s team recently invested in online...

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TieCON East: Trends in Investment Research and Due Diligence.

My colleague Scott Lichtman took some detailed notes on the TieCONEast panel last week on "Trends in Investment Research and Due Diligence". Podcast is here. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Graham Field, Managing Director, AQ Research (Moderator) Graham is the Managing Director of AQ Research, which provides quantitative global analysis of the accuracy of sell-side research. Graham established...

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Are You Googling Your Privacy Away?

Eric Shahinian wrote some detailed notes on last night’s panel on “Are You Googling Your Privacy Away?” for the New York County Lawyers’ Association / Cyberspace Law Committee. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mark Grossman, Partner, Dewitt Grossman, P.L. (To stay current with tech law issues, ask Mark Grossman to add you to his mailing newsletter. His email is...

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Rewarding Corporate Access: What Does the Buyside Value?

In between various meetings in London last week, I dropped into the Third AQ Research Conference, to attend a panel on “Rewarding Corporate Access: What Does the Buyside Value?” My notes follow: Speakers: Ralf Frank, Chair, German Association of Investment Professionals. Hosts 250 events / year where corporates present in one-on-ones. Moderator. Alex Barr, Aberdeen...

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Download The Virtual Handshake book at no charge

We finally did it: we have made our new book, The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, available for free download.   Of course, we encourage you to buy the bound book at your local bookstore. It’s much easier to read that way (and actually cheaper than printing out the whole thing on...

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