Archive for November, 2007

DaoConsumer.com / TIPs

TIPs (from DaoConsumer) tells you who the evil companies are while you are buying stuff anywhere on-line. Companies and products in web-pages are overlaid with little graphics indicating things like environmental pollution, armaments investment, human/workers rights violations etc. An Internet search Spider is used to trawl a list of magazine/newspaper archives for Continue reading »

TechCrunch UK at MiniBar this Friday

minibar1.gif This Friday is MiniBar again and we are happy that Mike Butcher of TechCrunch UK will be joining us to speak about:""Everything you ever wanted to know about Web 2.0 tech startups but were too afraid to ask?" Well, think of some Continue reading »

PitchCamp videos

p>NGthumb.jpg We recently posted slides from Paul Fisher's presentation at PitchCamp. Now you can watch videos of the presentations of Paul Fisher, Jay Bregman, and Paul Birch, as well as the Q and A session that followed. The event focussed on how to raise Continue reading »

Profile: Mind Candy

Profile: Mind Candy

Company: Mind Candy URL: http://www.mindcandy.com, http://www.moshimonsters.com Description: Mind Candy specialises in the development of new types of multi-player online games. The company is about to launch Moshi Monsters, a new virtual world and online game aimed at kids (and big kids). Players adopt a unique, animated Monster from the world Continue reading »

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LBI Profile (they support MiniBar on 16th of Nov)

p>We like to create. Company Name: LBi URL: http://www.lbigroup.com Company Description: LBi is Europe's only complete full service digital agency. Our scale of expertise is unrivalled, ranging from high-level strategy to heavyweight technology implementation and award-winning media and creativity. Continue reading »

Profile: Projectstars

Company: projectstars inc. URL: http://projectstars.com Description: Blurring the borders between job sites and business/social networks, projectstars provides a space where enterprise consultants can share expertise, network, and find work. At the core of projectstars is a star rating system which provides a simple way to help recruiters find suitable candidates for their projects, and for Continue reading »

Trade-offs of offering content for free

Tim O'Reilly wrote a very insightful post on O'Reilly Radar last Friday on the trade-offs of making content freely available online. While making little-known content freely available could enhance the visibility of that content, there would be no such effect on well-known content.

O'Reilly notes that

[t]here is no one-size-fits-all answer. Continue reading »

Next MiniBar November 16

minibar1.thumbnail.gifOn November 16th we will gather again for MiniBar, enjoy some free drinks, meet interesting people and see what's cool in the web startup scene.

There will be presentations by:

- Buildersite.co.uk (a SeedCamp winner) - RentMineOnline (TBC - SeedCamp winner) - Continue reading »

Collaborators please for ‘Open-IP’ business models research

The Open Rights Group, in collaboration with 01zero-one and funded by the London Development Agency, is beginning an exciting new research project, examining how the internet enables creative entrepreneurs to develop innovative business practices by being more open with their intellectual property. Creative Business in the Digital Era will examine Continue reading »

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