One of the companies I invested in last year, Oxis Energy, has just announced publicly a partnership with e-Bike manufacturer Whisper Bikesthat should see Lithium Sulphur rechargeable batteries hit the roads & be available for the public to buy for the first time in 2013. You can find the full press release here. The quick [...]
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Google Buys Motorola = Genius
August 15, 2011
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I’ve just read the news that Google has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility for $40 per share in cash, totalling around $12.5billion. This is an absolutely genius move by Google and pulls the rug out from under Apple and Microsoft who have been aggressively targeting anyone that manufactures Android devices. Firstly, there is the price. [...]
Read more7 G+ Pitches for $10,000 Investment So Far
July 20, 2011
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So far, a total of 7 pitches have been publicly posted on Google+ hoping to secure the most +1s and my $10,000 investment. Here is a list: Bread Crumbs – Chris Stone – use your phone and Bluetooth to find important lost items A Space Apart – Chris Courtney – using existing social networks to [...]
Read more$10,000 Investment For Most +1′s on Google+
July 14, 2011
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I really love how responsive Google+ is and want to see if I can use it for ‘crowd sourcing’ an Angel investment. If it works, I might try it regularly! If you have a start-up idea, make a public post pitching it to everyone on Google+ … make sure you tag me (@Alistair Milne – [...]
Read moreWhy Facebook Should be Afraid
July 8, 2011
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So Facebook’s ‘awesome’ announcement of Skype integration and video calling for all Facebook users came and went. The mass-media promptly and lazily concluded that Facebook has successfully countered Google+’s main advantage and that Facebook will remain the social networking champion of the world forever. They are, as usual, completely missing the point and subscribing to [...]
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- 7 G+ Pitches for $10,000 Investment So Far | Alistair Milne: [...] far, a total of 7 pitches have been publicly...
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Marlon Stevenson: Interesting. I wonder what you'll think of mine. N...
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Steven Heidel: Awesome idea. I submitted one of my "secondary" id...
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Chris Stone: Thank you so much for doing this. It is quite the ...
