Tag Archives: Venture Capital

Upending the Get Rich Quick Business Model

by on April 7, 2009 in Advertising, Domus Consulting Group, Facebook, Hyperlocal, Marketing, New business models, Publishing, Social Media, Social networking, Trends, Twitter

The title of the post should really be “Upending the Traditional Website Development Model”. This week, we launched Breaking Shopping News.com and Breaking REO News.com to prove conceptually how Twitter and the new real time micro-blogging and communication tools can be used 1) for local advertising and 2) local reporting of the bank-owned housing markets, [...]

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Open Source Funding – Mark Cuban Simplifies Venture Capital

by on February 13, 2009 in Economy, New business models, Transparency, Venture Capital

Mark Cuban proposes his contribution to the Stimulus Plan by allowing entrepreneurs to post “business plans” as comments to his article Open Source Funding. His criteria in a nutshell – business plans are posted for all to see, comment, and steal if they want. Mark sends a non-negotiable contract for funding. I’m glad Mark is [...]

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The 12-Hour Incubation of a Crowdsource Investment Idea

The 12-Hour Incubation of a Crowdsource Investment Idea

by on August 20, 2008 in Venture Capital

What makes the social media intriguing is its facility to provide instant interpretation of random ideas and acts. These acts, adhoc and experimental by nature, generate interest – controversial, amusement, alternative perspective – within a social sphere, which then extends the premise within hours. This kind of micro-media will filter the best ideas, extend them [...]

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