Google has a clear lead over Microsoft when it comes to desktop based internet search and advertising. The big pond that Google is going after to expand its market is to aim for a bigger share of the advertising pie that includes print, radio and even television advertising. Meanwhile, Microsoft is trying to catch up […]
Google 2.0, $100 billion revenue and my prediction
Larry Dignan of ZDNet has a post on how Google can get to $100 billion per some Wall St. analyst. And I want in on this scam. But before I pontificate, here is a quote from the blog post: Google is projected by Wall Street to have annual revenue of $15.7 billion in 2008 and […]
AnshuBlog.com valuation hits $5 Trillion after private placement round
My blog is now worth $5 trillion dollars. My best friend (now, BFF) agreed to buy a 0.0000000010% stake in anshublog.com for $50. I will hold an IPO in December and the shares will be priced at $85 (of course, there will 58,823,529,411 shares outstanding). You can obtain a prospectus by sending me $25 by […]
Don Dodge say VCs invest $40 billion with only $18bn in exit: some addional data points
Don Dodge has written an excellent piece Venture Capitalists and Angels invest $40 Billion per year but see only $18B in exits that Jeff Nolan and Jason Wood have commented on(hat tip to ). The core thesis of his post is that “exits have averaged $18B over the past 6 years while investments have averaged […]
Prosper could get bigger than Google
Prosper is a P2P lender founded by former E-LOAN founder and CEO Chris Larsen and follows in the footsteps of Zopa, a UK based startup. Prosper has helped originate loans over $35 million over the last 18+ months. The unsecured consumer lending market is huge- if you think Google’s potential playing field or EBay’s universe […]
VMWare versus Microsoft
According to NYTimes, VMWare is on a collision course with Microsoft. Although Microsoft will fight this battle for a long long time, the battle is probably already over in virtualization and VMWare is the winner. In some ways, the times could not be worse for Microsoft with a whole host of competitors in its various […]