Four days ago, a team of Wall Street veterans launched Track.com, a new marketplace for independent research providers.  I met with the management team today.  Ironically, they’re sharing offices with Tracked.com, another NY startup.  John Frankel, the Founder, said that the people at Tracked like the domain name Track so much that they bought Read More...

Yup, the economic news for the new year isn’t what any of us had hoped. U.S. unemployment held at just under 10%, but only because 661,000 workers have “removed themselves from the workforce”, a euphemism meaning they’ve given up looking for a job because they believe none are available. The picture’s not particularly brighter Read More...

I know there’s a lot of hype, mystery and legend around getting on the front page of Digg. Personally, I joined Digg back in 2005, used it somewhat, and then kind of abandoned it. I stop by occasionally, Digg something as a favor to a friend every once in a while, etc. I have a Read More...