It?s not often 16 speakers inspire a live audience of 200 for 9 hours to re-imagine banking, but that?s exactly what happened at the Computer History Museum at TEDxNewWallStreet on March 11th. This unique event where I served as the onstage host and guide for the day was organized as a walk along New??, from ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

A lot of serious networking between tech founders, VCs and media heavyweights takes place at SXSW Interactive. Precisely none of it happened at the ScreenBurn Cosplay Competition on Sunday afternoon. Instead, there were sexy lady zombies, space marine in robotic exo-suits and the cutest lil' homicidal alien you'll ever see.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

An emerging manager has traditionally been identified by its short (or non-existent) investment track record and modest assets under management. As a result, it can be difficult for institutional investors to evaluate these managers using their traditional tools, which may rely heavily on the prior track record of earlier funds. Historically, the term "emerging manager" ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

Don't leave any yield on the table.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 20:26

Some of you may know Kevin Smith from his movies, such as Clerks and Dogma. Others of you may know him from his television show, Comic Book Men, currently on AMC (and let's not forget his work writing Daredevil and Batman comic books). And there are at least one hundred thousand of you who know Smith from his weekly podcast, "SModcast." But Smith's excellent podcast adventure is more than a weekly bull session with his producer pal, Scott Mosier: It turns out that Smodcast was an essential aspect to revitalizing his career.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

A study by Chapin White finds that "increasing Medicaid physician fees is more clearly associated with improvements in access," which is a polite way of saying that reducing fees is associated with declines in access. White also notes that "budgetary surpluses and shortfalls appear to be the main factors prompting states to change their Medicaid fees." White doesn't explicitly state what we all know: that state budgets are collapsing under the pressure of Medicaid's growth, and that PPACA's dramatic expansion of Medicaid will therefore ultimately force states to continue to reduce Medicaid fees. And reduced fees, White's study confirms, are correlated with poorer access to care.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

Michelle You speaks about music and her startup Songkick at SXSW. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) At the SXSW ?Can Social Music Save the Music Industry?? panel, the panel discussed the direct-to-fan relationship with social media. Michelle You, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Songkick introduced herself by stating she started Songkick ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

When people buy shares of Apple, they are really investing in two companies: the greatest technology venture in the world and a very low-yielding money market fund. Why not return the cash and let investors decide if they want to buy short-term Treasuries with it?

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

The strategic use of patents has become just as important to a company as the crafty management of cash or judicious use of human resources. No one berates a company for layoffs when the economy tightens???a patent fight should be seen in the same light.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23

SYNOPSIS:?? A diluted talent base of players coupled with less emotional connection from fans are the two best explanations why college basketball attendances during the regular season and March Madness have fallen in recent years.?? But with the 14-year, $10.8 billion TV deal with and Turner that generates roughly $775 million annually for the NCAA, ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 00:23