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Monthly Archive for August 2008

GoodReads Is Market Leader

August 27, 2008

Tim O’Reilly shares his thoughts on the value of GoodReads, the theory of one ring, and the potential for interoperability.

According to Compete.com data, GoodReads had double the number of unique visitors in July than Shelfari & LibraryThing.

GoodReads, LibraryThing & Shelfari stats per Compete.com

GoodReads, LibraryThing & Shelfari stats per Compete.com

Digging For Gold

August 23, 2008

Looking for a solution to create more findable, search-optimized Web pages? TextDigger’s technology reads your Web page content and generates a semantic profile complete with numerous semantic tags, which produces richer indexing and greater findability. The results are increased revenue from higher inbound traffic and longer sessions.

BrightRoll Turns Two

August 22, 2008

Here’s lookin’ at you!

The BrightRoll team celebrates their second anniversary with over 2 billion video ads served. Keep up the great work!

Optimal Startup Burn Rate

August 22, 2008

Hive7’s own CEO & Physicist Max Skibinsky used the Kelly criterion to formulate the optimal startup burn rate.

Max’s math:
p = probability of success
b = payout odds per Kelly
F = funding
V = valuation
M = valuation multiplier on “win”
R = burn rate per time frame
T = time frame units to develop and prove

True In The Triangle

August 15, 2008

True Partner John Burke was in Durham, NC this week where he spent time with Stephen Parker and the DataCraft team, met with some entrepreneurs, and participated in a PWC breakfast panel. He noted that MidAtlantic VCs tend to talk with one another and “create a lucrative mix of deal making.” “We’ll be spending more time here,” said Burke. Read all about it at http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/opinion/blogpost/3378245/.

WordCamp SF 2008

August 12, 2008

Automattic will host their third annual San Francisco WordCamp this Saturday, August 16th, 2008 at the Mission Bay conference center. Join the Automatticians and the WordPress blogging community for a day of blogging fun and to “figure out the future of publishing on the web.”

Register at http://2008.sf.wordcamp.org/

Filtrbox Offers Olympics’ Blog Widget

August 9, 2008

Filtrbox is featuring an Olympic widget that you can add to your blog for up-to-the-minute Olympic news, as well as a Team USA widget that offers dynamic coverage on select content for Team USA’s progess at the Gold in Beijing.

Visit http://www.filtrbox.com/widgets.php.