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Re: LED home lighting bulbs: Playing the numbers game

wiolwaker — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:52:21 -0000

I don't think so that A price of CFL lamps would be gone up. I have done measurement on it. I will show out the charts at this place as soon as.
LNB

Re: The U.S. government unveils its new energy strategy! And the winner is….

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Re: A Tale of Two Theorists: Oil in 2010

Trader John — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:54:32 -0000

Wow, you might not have been right about it in 2010, but your point about tension in the middle east (and africa) causing soaring oil prices was EXACTLY right! Oil is above $100 and it seems to be going higher unless Bernanke steps in and raises rates. Right thesis, timing was a little off. Exogenous factors that have nothing to do with the price of oil seem to be dictating its price.

Re: The New Meaning of a House Call: Wanna Skype, Dr. Gupta?

buy leadnetpro — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:37:00 -0000

The threat is set in the middle at yellow, or elevated, although federal officials put the level to the airline sector at orange, meaning high. ...

Re: The New Meaning of a House Call: Wanna Skype, Dr. Gupta?

Logic Puzzles — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:25:58 -0000

"The folks from home call it legislating from the bench," said Rep. Larry Metz, R-Yalaha. The lawmakers' target during a House Civil Justice Subcommittee ...

Re: Buying in Bulk

Mrjessperry — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:12:52 -0000

go overseas and get much better prices, my monthly meds are $17 a month in europe retail and 135 per month in us at costco!!!!! go where the governments negotiate much better prices!

Re: Non-Profit vs. For-Profit – Why Not Do Both?

Anne Hastings — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:57:09 -0000

As the CEO of Fonkoze's commercial entity, I appreciate very much this article. I would, however, like to correct one piece of information presented. Together, the two sides of Fonkoze have more borrowers (approximately 45,000) than any other MFI in Haiti. Another important point: the Foundation is actually the largest shareholder in the commercial entity, making it easier to "protect" the mission of the commercial entity. We do believe that our particular structure has worked very well for us in Haiti.

Re: Non-Profit vs. For-Profit – Why Not Do Both?

Conor O'Phelan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:47:23 -0000

TOMS shoes is another great example of an organization who runs both wings. TOMS is technically a for-profit organization and every shoe donated in their 'one-for-one' program gets delivered by their non-profit arm, Friends of TOMS. This gives TOMS a lot of flexibility to reinvest in their product, infrastructure, etc and makes Friends of TOMS score better in NPO reviews (assuming most or all of the paid staff are receiving benefits from TOMS).

Thanks for the article.

Re: Why do booming solar earnings equal plummeting solar stocks?

Happyfish — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:01:48 -0000

really well written. You must be working at an investment bank. Is Chris your real name?

Re: Thank Goodness We Missed the Social Media Bubble

William Ritchie — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:17:22 -0000

Billy, sorry if I hit a sore spot here. I'll try not to talk about social media valuations for at least a month or two.

Re: Thank Goodness We Missed the Social Media Bubble

Kimberly Stromberg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:09:37 -0000

Indeed: social media firms have avoided a Netscape moment (for the moment!). However, I am not sure we've totally avoided a bubble-- we've just avoided a PUBLIC market bubble (for now). In fact, the VC and angel investor set are in a tizzy over rising valuations of tech start-ups, particularly in social media (see #AngelGate).

As Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures recently put it, "[In] certain areas of the Internet...there are some crazy things going on. Getting overheated. People are getting crazy, they’re showing up to their first meetings with term sheets. In the early stage market, two-, three-person teams are getting $30, $40, $50 million valuations. That’s not right."

This bubble also affects public market investors who own AAPL, GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, etc, as those companies end up paying a pretty penny for acquisitions (see rumors of Google’s $2.5bn bid for Groupon, which Yahoo tried to buy earlier this year).

Re: Thank Goodness We Missed the Social Media Bubble

Billy Deitch — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:38:24 -0000

Totally agree with you here, Will. For better or for worse, the day will come when Facebook does go actually go public; what a ride that will be. And now that's even scarier with Facebook's most recent valuation has it up to $35 billion!! (http://bit.ly/fL9O1l)

(By the way, some of the numbers in the Tech Crunch link I pasted are absolutely mind blowing. They make me want to slam my head against the table as I sit cooped in up in an office, typing away...)

Re: LED home lighting bulbs: Playing the numbers game

Troetker — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:45:36 -0000

One thing missing in the discussion is the impact of disposing of the CFL lamps which contain mercury. i expect that the societal costs of dealing with improperly discarded CFL lamps in the next 20 years will be very high. Hard to put a measure on that but I think we should be moving the LEDs as soon as possible for this reason.

Re: What it Means to be Social: The Limits of Facebook’s Integration Strategy

Kimberly Stromberg — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:14:07 -0000

Thanks for the great post Eric - and I agree that, if your goal is to transform a site into a social experience, then Instant Personalization doesn't really do the trick. One thing I wonder, however, is whether Zuckerberg's argument above presupposes that social is integral to every online media company. I think that, for many companies, social enhances the experience but is somewhat ancillary to their core product offering. For example, with Pandora, sure I care what my friends are listening to, but I care much more about what their algorithm tells me I am going to like based on what they actually know I like. Some of my friends listen to really ehhh music (Will) and so its a good data point, but not what I go to the site for. Others may disagree about the Pandora example, but the basic question is: what if a few buttons here and there is all the social that Company X really wants or needs? Does every online media company need to truly embed social to be successful?

Re: On the Information SuperHighway, Privacy Gets Left in the Dust

Kimberly Stromberg — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:23:32 -0000

per usual chris dixon is on the money http://bit.ly/bLInC8

Re: What Dubai’s Close Call Really Means

Pedro Silva — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:23:12 -0000

Deat Tammer,

Thanks for your very clear analysis of the current financial situation in the Region.. most clarifying for me as a newcomer in this part of the world. Even though I had some information about the recent events , your resume has given me a broader perspective. Thanks again.

Pedro Silva

Re: The New Meaning of a House Call: Wanna Skype, Dr. Gupta?

Shaunachase — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:14:42 -0000

can a physician in colorado skype on an initial visit, or just for follow-ups? What is the AMA or AOA guidelines on that? Denver Doctor

Re: Would You Sacrifice Free Trade to Save the World?

Kimberly Stromberg — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:35:26 -0000

apparently most americans have soured to free trade anyways http://bit.ly/dmHcdA (largely due to the view that "china is cheating")

you think, at the very least, they could've come up with a more creative slogan....

Re: Strict vs. Flexible: More Stringent Approval Process for Medical Devices Proposed

TCG — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:58:26 -0000

Very interesting post, I didn't know about the GAO report or the supreme court ruling.

Having grown up in a community where quite a few of my parents friends were in the medical device industry I've heard a lot of stories first hand.

The most common observation I hear from them is that FDA approval process is much more onerous than any other country's FDA equivalent. For start-up medical device companies the game plan is always to develop a device, do clinical tests in Europe, get approved there, then use that to get funding in the USA for FDA trials, because those trials are so much more costly and time consuming... For cardiac related products the whole process can stretch almost 10 years.

Given the costs and time involved for the current FDA process it really stifles innovation and keeps costs for consumers very high. Not to mention it keeps the power in the hands of already large companies like J&J, Medtrontic, Boston Scientific, etc.

Re: Would You Sacrifice Free Trade to Save the World?

Yvonne — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:18:56 -0000

This issue highlights the contradiction between regarding ourselves as a citizen of the world and a citizen of a specific country. I envision someday our concern for the common goods of the earth would surpass our patriotism toward our politically defined nation. The internet has made this global village more and more of a reality. As an optimistic person, I believe in the near future we’ll see people of all nations as our relatives scattered all over the world. Instead of competing with our own family members, it makes sense to capitalize on the strengths of every member and truly collaborate for the benefit of every human being.

Re: Would You Sacrifice Free Trade to Save the World?

Andy Stevenson — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:14:36 -0000

Most economists I have talked to say that it is more important for us to have cheaper clean energy technologies than these manufacturing jobs, assuming we can capture the innovation aspects of the clean tech value chain and that we believe unchecked greenhouse gas emissions are also a threat to our economy. Most China experts say that antagonizing China is not going to get you anywhere (although frustration with this strategy may be at an all time high because of currency manipulation issues). So on balance, I would say that the suit is not worth pursuing, despite the fact that they are obviously violating WTO rules. These facts are no doubt of little comfort, however, if you are a U.S. steelworker.

Re: A Tale of Two Theorists: Oil in 2010

Fundamentals_Analyst — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:06:24 -0000

3Q10 is coming to an end and oil is sub $80...

Re: On the Information SuperHighway, Privacy Gets Left in the Dust

Kimberly Stromberg — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:44:14 -0000

more on privacy vs. the internets http://bit.ly/cbzAwF. Looks like Czech-ins may be few and far between (tehehehe)

Re: The Well Kept Secret to Cutting American Energy Consumption by 50%

Patrick — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:51:50 -0000

Great details on a simple concept that has been proven to reduce overall costs to consumers, create new ways for companies to make money, and doesn't require new regulatory apparatus- just the existing players to change the model.
The cheapest energy is that we save. We should buy it first.
Will you do a follow up on what is required to implement this as policy?

Re: NBV Entrepreneur: Jordan Goldberg and stickK.com

Kimberly Stromberg — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:50:10 -0000

Thanks Jordan! Very cool stuff. Makes me miss Ben Polak and Econ 159

Also, Will - is it just me or did stickK totally copy the new NBV logo design!