Michael Rbertson, founder of Linspire (formerly Lindows 🙂 ), has just launched Dealipedia – a business wiki for mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, IPO and other deals. Launching with nearly 20,000 deals, but also never before revealed info like how much Yahoo paid for Flickr, how much Google paid for Grandcentral and how much the founders …
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Category:Media and Gatherings
Earth Pulse – a visual guide to global trends from National Geographic
Check it out here. Its visually pleasing and loaded with data and insight. Sections are Human Condition Trends, Our Relationship With Nature Trends, and Our Connected World Trends.
Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization – Lester Brown
The excellent Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester Brown is now available for free download on Population Connection.
Caijing – Chinese media website
A Chinese media website recommended for its quality and depth: caijing.com.cn
America’s finest news source – The Onion
Check out The Onion, a satirical look at America from the inside. Very funny and poignant too. Pointed out to us by The Richter Scales of “Here Comes Another Bubble” fame.
VC and PE information hub
In future to obtain VC and PE market info (like that which we have been summarising) please go to PE Hub and, for a daily digest, sign up to the excellent and free PE Week Wire edited by Dan Primack
Emperor Qian Long to King George III
This link came across my desk and I share it because of my ties to Hong Kong and fondness for China. It is the text of a famous letter from Emperor Qian Long sent to King George III at the height of Chinese civilisation in the 18th century. China entered into a 200-year period of …
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Global Institute For Tomorrow
GIFT – a useful resource and forum. “Honest Inquiry – Asia’s World View – Ideas to Action” Check it out!
Global Text Project coming
A new website that make available open content electronic textbooks facilitating learning. Still in its early stages it also accepts contributions: Global Text Project
Business schools waste resources.
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands analyses the development of business schools over the past year and shows clearly that rather than develop minds and skills they (as BusinessWeek summarises) only serve two functions: a signal to employers that grads are committed and productive, and to provide a network of contacts. What they have lost …
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