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Archive for September, 2010
The Ponzi Scheme Infographic
Sep 30th
Hey, seen that movie – “The Other Guys”?. The movie about busting a super ponzi scheme? The movie that was released a little too late to make some money? The movie itself is stupidly shot but the movie’s credits is something you should take a look at. The credits tell you how a ponzi scheme works and tells you how the economy collapsed about a years ago – all in classic infographic style. Video after the break.
Startup Of The Day: Hyperoffice
Sep 30th
This week on Ideabing is turning out to be the week for startups that service the small business space. Today’s SOTD is an online collaboration suite maker – Hyperoffice. Hyperoffice is an online collaboration suite aimed at conencted small businesses. There’s a fair bit of competition in the online collaboration space with Google docs and Zoho leading the pack but Hyperoffice is a little different. They don’t want you to ditch your productivity suite (read MS Office), they just want you to be able to keep all your stuff online and work online – a good thing when OS security issues are taking center stage. But there is a much larger picture here – they want you to be able to collaborate irrespective of which browser or OS you are using. Now that we can call REAL collaboration.
Read on after the break.
The politically correct option
Sep 30th
If you’ve ever underestimated the power of technology and the way it affects our lives, cloud computing could not be a better example. For those who’ve been tracking the outsourcing space, or even following our political poster boy – Obama, you’ll know all the hoopla that has been created around his policy regarding outsourcing. And the recent Ohio state policy against outsourcing just made all this drama even more exciting. In the wake of all this, comes along Cloud computing like little red riding hood and begins influencing political policy.
Read on after the break.
Have you found your Queen of Hearts?
Sep 30th
If I ask you to randomly pick up one card from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, can you predict which one will you pick?
The ‘chance’ of you picking up a Queen is almost the same chance you take when you start up a business, become an entrepreneur or even take up a successful and satisfying job.
As educated and well-read professionals, we loathe the concept of luck and chance and always believe that hard work, determination, brains and passion will make us win. I say ‘most likely’. It is the unsaid and ‘swept under the carpet’ factor of LUCK that tips the balance one-way or the other. The combination of luck and effort is what makes the magic happen!
Read on after the break
Startup Of The Day: Rackaid
Sep 29th
Post recession it’s never been the same for small businesses. A growing economy, growing revenues and a true sense of success. Customers have been coming back and many of them are coming back online. Great new startups are being formed as I type. But how do these small businesses afford to run their IT departments? Can they afford to run a full fledged IT department? Or are there people who would help you run your IT? That’s where Rackaid comes in. Rackaid helps small businesses manage their Linux servers. Given that most small businesses have one or the other technology need. Rackaid lets small businesses concentrate on their core businesses. As these small businesses grow Rackaid also provides Linux consultancy to make sure IT is right on track. Go Rackaid!
Turn Yourself into a Brand
Sep 29th
It’s a symbol about you, or any website or organization that might need a symbol. Mikons.com is a website that allows you to create a symbol to communicate your story. It’s absolutely free, and you can make more than one if you want. There’s also the option of putting the Mikon on a sticker or shirt (this one does cost money) as well as on a blog or as an avatar for online profiles.
Mikonoclast, LLC is headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, and was founded by Mark Smith and Kenna Smith, the creators of Mikons.com, which features the most advanced online vector drawing tool in the world. Mikonoclast, LLC is the parent company of Mikons.com and is managed solely by Mark Smith. Mikons.com offers a new form of self-expression that connects people through visual symbols. Founded in 2006, the purpose of Mikons is to be a service and a catalyst for personal self-discovery, self-expression, sharing, acceptance, and community, worldwide.
Mark, a bicycling fanatic, nearly fastened to his television (like most Texans and bicycle enthusiasts) watching the 2005 Tour De France, noticed something curious about Lance Armstrong’s time trial bike. The bike’s disk wheel was adorned with small icons, which Lance went on to later describe as the representation of his life journey. At the same time (okay not while watching the race) Mark was reading about the social Web community phenomenon, and coupled with his own passion to encourage people to boldly live their life’s vision, presto the idea for Mikons.com was born. Mark and his wife Kenna took this idea of building a Web community where people could come and create their own Mikons and share them with their family and friends as well as connect with new people, and began to build a team that would bring the idea to life.
Mikon is great for those who aren’t artistically inclined, and for those who are, since Mikon allows artists to upload their own work. But if artwork and graphic design aren’t your things, then there are over 2200 pieces of clip art to choose from to put together the Mikon that tells your story and represents what you want to represent.
Mikonoclast, LLC is headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, and was founded by Mark Smith and Kenna Smith, the creators of Mikons.com, which features the most advanced online vector drawing tool in the world. Mikonoclast, LLC is the parent company of Mikons.com and is managed solely by Mark Smith. Mikons.com offers a new form of self-expression that connects people through visual symbols. Founded in 2006, the purpose of Mikons is to be a service and a catalyst for personal self-discovery, self-expression, sharing, acceptance, and community, worldwide.
Mark, a bicycling fanatic, nearly fastened to his television (like most Texans and bicycle enthusiasts) watching the 2005 Tour De France, noticed something curious about Lance Armstrong’s time trial bike. The bike’s disk wheel was adorned with small icons, which Lance went on to later describe as the representation of his life journey. At the same time (okay not while watching the race) Mark was reading about the social Web community phenomenon, and coupled with his own passion to encourage people to boldly live their life’s vision, presto the idea for Mikons.com was born. Mark and his wife Kenna took this idea of building a Web community where people could come and create their own Mikons and share them with their family and friends as well as connect with new people, and began to build a team that would bring the idea to life.
Mikon is great for those who aren’t artistically inclined, and for those who are, since Mikon allows artists to upload their own work. But if artwork and graphic design aren’t your things, then there are over 2200 pieces of clip art to choose from to put together the Mikon that tells your story and represents what you want to represent.
An Innovation in Social Shopping
Sep 29th
Camelot Venture Group announced today the launch of a new service to consumers called WANT. With WANT, consumers have a brand new way to share lists of products they desire with friends and families via email or by pushing their WANTs out to Facebook. The unique aspect is that WANTers can receive funds directly towards specific items from contributors using PayPal or any major credit card.
“This is a major revolution in Social Shopping,” said David Katzman, Managing Partner of the Camelot Venture Group. “Now consumers can share exactly what they WANT with their social network and that same group of friends, family, even co-workers can work together to get them exactly what they WANT. I can’t think of a better way for Dad to make sure everyone knows what he wants for Father’s Day or children to share with Grandparents what’s on their list this holiday season.”
The WANT button was first implemented by SharperImage.com but shoppers aren’t limited to only sites that have the WANT button. Consumers can drag the browser button at www.ShareAbill.com/WANT/ that allows them to add any item from the web to a WANT list simply by clicking on the button and then clicking on the picture of the product they are interested in.
The WANT button comes from the same developers who brought ShareAbill to market, an alternative payment method that allows buyers to split the cost of any item at the time of purchase.
