Back in 2008, Google offered Kevin Rose $200million for his Web business Digg … he didn’t accept the offer. Kevin started Digg on a shoestring in 2004 aged 27, and built a site allowing users to share and rank their favourite links. The idea was simple – good Web content would rise to the top […]
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Google’s Moat
November 16, 2011 
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Google’s share price has underperformed in recent years. Despite growing strongly, even through the credit crisis, investors appear to have misunderstood Google’s strategy and feared that competitors may steal a march on the search engine giant. Investors instead fell in love with Facebook and Apple, the latter probably completely justified given its enormous profitability. Many […]
Continue readingGoogle Buys Motorola = Genius
August 15, 2011 1 Comment
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. […]
Continue reading7 G+ Pitches for $10,000 Investment So Far
July 20, 2011 0 Comments
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 […]
Continue reading$10,000 Investment For Most +1’s on Google+
July 14, 2011 4 Comments
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 – […]
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