filed in anything and everything, finance 2.0 on Mar.27, 2011
Billionaires. I remember in the 4th grade my teacher asking our class what we would do with one million dollars. It was the 80s, when gas was under $1.00 a gallon and the bad guys lived a in cold country with funny accents. I had little experience with purchases more than $.25 worth for milk, [...]
filed in analysis, finance 2.0, web analysis on Oct.20, 2010
Yahoo generates $465M in display advertising. When comparing this to $2.5B in ad display revenue from Google properties it seems low. Quite simply the two can’t be compared so easily, as Yahoo has a become a ‘company’ – buying and selling massive web properties (delicious) and game changing ad display technologies (Right Media).
filed in finance 2.0, web analysis on Feb.06, 2009
Since Jerry resigned as Yahoo CEO, the dark cloud that circled over Yahoo’s stock value and brand doesn’t seem lift. In reality, Yang was a symptom of the underlying problems that lay in Yahoo’s top level management: lack of focus and poor execution.
filed in finance 2.0, web analysis on Jan.01, 2009
2009 will be a land grab year for both smart businesses with money to spend and entrepreneurs with business models built on performance marketing.
filed in finance 2.0 on Oct.09, 2008
The difference between now and the 9/11 recession, the recession of the 90s or Great Depression is that we are at a major technological advantage to learn and act financially. With finance 2.0 management and research tools like mint or yahoo finance with have the ability to get highly personal up-to-the minute information and the ease to act on what we learn. The real issue is our skill in interpreting information, making responsible decisions and investments for the long term.