Why Linkedin is a sweet idea

So i checked out the site linkedin.com.  It seems like it’s basically just facebook for businesses.  So that got me thinking, you could take most any successful website and a “business version” of it.  For example, you make a website that is basically Ebay for businesses.  This way business could buy/sell used office furniture or [...]

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Hello YouTube goodbye Cable?

So my roommate and i had cable the first semester.   But then we decided to get rid of it, because it way too expensive.  Guess what?  I don’t miss it!  I can watch everything i want on the internet, whenever i want, without commercials.   This brings up a couple of  questions.  For example, what is [...]

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Why the internet doesn’t make money

One really interesting internet phenomenon is that many sites are not money driven.  Take Craigslist for example.  It is a very well known site, and many many people use it.  But at the same time, its founder has not made any great effort to monetize it.  sure, he does has some revenue streams from the [...]

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My love hate relationship with Craigslist

I have mixed feelings about craigslist.  On the one hand, i love the informality of it.  I love being able to post stuff for free, and take it off whenever i feel like it.  Unlike ebay, i don’t have to worry about fees, or shipping anything as soon as the item sells.  I guess i’m [...]

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reminds me of prosper.com

The Kiva concept reminds quite a bit of the website prosper.com, which also allows individuals to act as lenders over the internet. However, it seems (based on my wikipedia search) that with kiva, you have a much better chance of getting paid back. Reportedly, kiva has a loan default rate of a few [...]

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