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This year’s IPL Conference, “Turning New Technologies & Creative Ideas Into Profits”, will focus on practical business models, marketing methods, and licensing resources to assist Hawaii entrepreneurs, business professionals, and investors with selling or licensing technology inventions and creative ideas successfully. Visiting guest speakers include Richard C. Levy, a marketing tour de force who has licensed some 125 inventions generating over a billion dollars in revenues, and Henk B. Rogers, President and CEO of Blue Planet Software, Inc., who has made a huge success with IP licensing in Hawaii.
Hat Tip to Leighton Chong for driving this conference. Yours truly will also be speaking there.
Google’s $1.6 billion acquisition of YouTube sprang to life during breakfast at Denny’s just a few short weeks ago – or so the story goes. For this and many other reasons, the YouTube deal is really the exception rather than the rule of M&A today.
There is an old saying: a product well bought is half sold. The most successful software acquisitions are those which are carefully crafted well in advance. Understanding today’s M&A landscape and the new standards involved will help emerging companies ensure a strong exit.
I’ve both an Xbox “Classic” and a 360. And the 360 titles are not “superior” to its own predecessor. While I love the 360 for its Media Center integration, the games are underwhelming. I’ve yet to see a game that really takes advantage of the supposed advanced architecture.
The battle against PS3 will definitely be interesting. I believe one of the keys will be how backwards compatible the PS3 will be w/ the immense base of PS2 software. The 360 is sub-optimal in this area and perhaps is an exposed flank.
Arrington writes some pretty strong words about this one. I’m bummed I couldn’t play with it too. How will a Google-level video search engine change the current paradigm? Talk about the outdated program guide!
Demand Media, the company pursuing the audacious strategy of buying up a bunch of generic Web sites that have no staff generating real content of their own — to throw advertising on them — has raised another $100 million.
No wonder why entrepreneurs new to fund-raising think they can raise $1M over lunch.
The Haverhill Police Department hopes to enlist the younger generation to help catch criminals by posting the department’s Web site on the popular MySpace.
Phillip Tapia launched Tray Display Advertising Inc. into a business in 2004 from the basement of his home. Tapia designed and developed a new advertising concept that turned trash into cash. Tapia has agreed to sell advertising space on the tray liners (placemats) , that Wendy’s use to serve all dine-in customers.
My lesson here is that there’s oppty all around you. Just open your eyes.