Archive for February, 2008
5 Steps to optimizing your website’s click-through rates with Google’s Website Optimizer
If you could change a headline, graphic, or promotional text on your website and increase click-through or conversion rates, would you do it? Of course you would. However, knowing what to change can be a challenge. Even more challenging is tracking which changes have the most effect. This was a daunting task, until now. Google’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Second Life for distance learning
When I was reviewing the Justin Timberlake concert on Comcastic Island by One to One Interactive I was of the opinion that Second Life was a destination for brand sensationalism and odd geeky people. Then I attended the MIT Emerging Technology Conference where the sessions where simultaneously viewed by Second Life members; and the Q&A included the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Stanford’s Social e-Challenge puts social media to work for good
Social E-Challenge is a business plan competition that promotes the creation of social ventures that use entrepreneurial tools to effect social change. Participants range from for-profit businesses with strong social responsibility to nonprofit’s with sustainable revenue generation models. The common denominator is that by being successful, these companies have a positive impact in our [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Web 2.0 meets Funding 2.0
Spigit is a newly launched community that aims to provide a network of support for start-ups and their founders – the Entrepreneur Challenge. The simulation engine provided by spigit is a way to sort of test out your idea. The simulation runs through three stage where approval badges are awarded for things like buzz percentile, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )BitGravity superior for delivering HD video and rich media apps
Analysts expect nearly 200% growth of the $800 million content delivery network (CDN) market in 2008. The highly competitive companies trailing behind industry leader Akamai, includes Limelight, Mirror Image, Itiva and Grid Networks. Companies are looking for ways to differentiate themselves in the highly competite market.
Enter BitGravity with their game changing architecture designed specifically for the challenge [...]
SaaS – can it provide legal IP protection?
I have been using Google Docs lately for writing and ideation. I’ve written a few executive summaries, some business concepts, have been working on a book all using Google’s browser-based authoring environment. I have also used Google Spreadsheets do conduct some financial projections, model scenarios and track expenses.
Recently I contemplated sending an executive summary [...]
