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Daily Roundup for 2008-03-19

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On March 19, 2008

In Bookmarks, Core Capital, eBay, eCommerce, Entrepreneurship, Grotech Capital, Online Fraud, Venture Capital, Web/Tech

  • Woman to record industry: Stop spying
    A woman who claims the recording industry’s anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying.

  • Startup RatePoint bets that people want user reviews refereed – Technology Review
    One of the great things about the Internet is the way people post reviews on just about anything you are considering trying, whether it is a movie, a new restaurant or the local florist.  This also introduces one of the worst things about the Internet: trying to figure out which reviews to trust. Was that effusive praise written surreptitiously by the merchant? Was that anonymous online slam posted by a devious competitor?  The dilemma might be unavoidable in this age of abundant user-generated content, when we have to be smarter about separating signals from noise. But a startup called RatePoint Inc. begs to differ. It wants to play referee, giving consumers more clarity into a business’ reputation and protecting the business from unwarranted blights on its credibility.

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Daily Roundup for 2008-02-29

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On February 29, 2008

In Bookmarks, eBay, eCommerce, Trust and Safety, Venture Capital, Web/Tech

  • New York Comes to Silicon Valley
    The relationship between the venture capitalists of Sand Hill Road and the securities firms and power investors of Wall Street has long been a cozy one. VCs hoping for a return on their investments will need banks eventually, while Wall Street needs VCs to nurture the most promising startups until they’re ready to go public.  Or do they?  Lately, some of New York’s biggest players have been cherry-picking the best pre-IPO investments for themselves.

  • Yelp Critiques Heard and Heeded in D.C. – washingtonpost.com
    Although the tiny, family-run Joy’s Spa and Nail Salon in Adams Morgan may never get a critique in a newspaper, it’s received 42 reviews on Yelp.com.  Reggie Tull, the owner’s son and a massage therapist, said he noticed an increase in traffic with every new review posted on the recommendation site. He’s also surprised by the time writers invest in each posting.

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