Archive for February, 2007

Strategy on Pricing

Friday, February 9th, 2007

The “Charge based on what the other guys are charging and the hope to squeeze out a profit” method of pricing is known as “Cost of Competition” and is used by plenty of companies. It’s intuitive and easy to work out, but it often leaves a lot of money on the table.
 
Sticking to the cost-and-competition paradigm […]

Microlending Pioneers Kiva and Prosper

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Kiva.org which loosely translates into “agreement” in Swahili and Proper.com are two startups with different aims targeting the microlending industry. 
 
Prosper.com raised $7.5m from Benchmark and Accel. “There’s no question we were going to get funded because of our track record” says Larsen, 45 who was founder and chairman of E-Loan. Then last February, Fidelity and […]

Web Analytics Software

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Web analytics software allows you to see who is visiting your
site and what they are doing there. Cpanel has a few free web
analytics programs included in it, but they just scratch the surface
of your traffic.

The web analytics market is expected to grow from $318m to $650m
USD by end of 2010 acording to IDC.  Some software […]

Dr. Jack Gao

Monday, February 5th, 2007

During my 10 year tenure at Autodesk I had the opportunity to work with some of the most truly brilliant people in the world.
 
Most of the people I really admired had a strong-suit that I came to understand and identify with. I would see that person as the embodiment of all attributes comprising their forte.
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ZugIzland

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

My best friend all throughout Childhood was bad news. He got me involved in all kinds of trouble from shoplifting to vandalism to arson… and that was during kindergarden.
 
Greg lived 7 doors down from us on Doncaster Street at 17 mile in Sterling Heights, a place that looks every bit as it sounds. We were born […]