I have been following Prosper for quite some time now. In my earlier posts, I have said that the size of the market could be 10s of billions, if not higher. The miracle of exponential growth associated with network effects seems to be kicking for Prosper finally. It recently crossed $60 million mark i.e., the […]
Prosper
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 […]
My Blog awarded Time award
I am honored to receive this year’s Time Person of the Year. Okay, so I have to share it with 300 million other internet users, but that’s just details! I was quite suprised to see the extent of my contributions to the Web2.0. My contributions, mentioned on page 1,304,507 of the award declaration include:– Blogger […]