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Deadpool: Eyespot Closes Its Eyes	For startups without a warchest full of cash, times are about to get very tough. The latest to hit the deadpool is Eyespot, which announced its demise not with a press release, but with a Twitter from co-founder David Dudas stating simply: Eyespot has shut down. Lots of great peeps available: engr, product mgmt, HR, content, bizdev, account mgmt. Let me know if u need anyone. Eyespot raised $3.7 million way back in October, 2006 for its Web-based editor that makes it easier to create video ma...	October 02, 2008
Google Launches Video For Businesses	This certainly won’t be the most interesting product launch of the day for Google, but it’s worth noting anyway. This morning Google is launching Google Video for business, a customized video platform aimed at businesses for internal use. Think training vides, HR videos, etc. (anything that isn’t outside facing). The product is included in Google Apps Premier Edition for free, with 3 GB of storage per user account. This is a “Zero billion dollar market today” Direc...	September 01, 2008
Seth Klarman Increases Borders Stake and Invests Heavily in SPAC's	Somehow I missed this when it was released.....sorry Baupost Group head and value investor extraordinaire (by that I mean 20% plus annual returns) Seth Klarman has increased his stake in Borders Group (BGP).Baupost now holds 5.72 million shares, up from 4.9 million held in the May filing.What is really odd about the filing is the number of "blank check coporations" or SPAC's Klarman owns shares in.There is :Capitol Acquisition Corp. (CLA)- 2.1m sharesBPW Acquisition Corp. (BPW)- 1.1 m shares (in...	August 21, 2008
Show Your Boss What You’ve Done All Day with ididwork	Another Y Combinator startup, ididwork, announced its launch yesterday. In short, the web-based service lets employees keep record of work they have completed. Employees can then submit a weekly or monthly report to their manager in the form of a chart, graph, or simple summary, and receive feedback through the system. The service is designed to drive performance reviews, eliminating the need for status meetings, and allowing employees to be evaluated based on concrete information rather tha...	August 06, 2008
Google Enterprise Hits 20,000 Customers; Launches Revved Up Search Appliance	Google now counts 20,000 enterprise search customers, about a little more than half of whom use its search appliance and the rest of whom use its hosted site search and other enterprise products. To extend it search into the enterprise, Google is launching the fifth generation of its search appliance. Each yellow box, which is based on a standard Dell server, will be able to index 10 million documents, compared to 3 million in the last generation. And it will serve up results two to five time...	August 06, 2008
Ultimate Software Shares Swoon On Q2 Shotfall	Ultimate Software (ULTI), which sells HR, payroll and talent management software, posted Q2 revenue of $41.5 million, with non-GAAP profits of 5 cents a share, falling well short of Street expectations. The consensus was $44.1 million and 13 cents. For all of 2008, the company sees revenue up 20% from 2007, which implies $185.4 million, below the Street view at $189.2 million. The company sees non-GAAP EPS of 67-69 cents, beating the Street at 65 cents. For 2009, Ultimate sees revenues up 25%-30...	July 29, 2008
Monitor110: A Post Mortem	Turning Failure into Learning Writing a post mortem is hard, particularly when the result is failure: a failed deal; a failed investment; a failed concept. That said, without a post mortem, without deep reflection, honesty and introspection, how can we get better and do better the next time? Quite simply, we can't. My involvement with Monitor110, as an investor, Board member and leader, was one of the most interesting and informative experiences of my life. I learned about areas I never dreamed...	July 18, 2008
Monitor110: A Post Mortem	Turning Failure into Learning Writing a post mortem is hard, particularly when the result is failure: a failed deal; a failed investment; a failed concept. That said, without a post mortem, without deep reflection, honesty and introspection, how can we get better and do better the next time? Quite simply, we can't. My involvement with Monitor110, as an investor, Board member and leader, was one of the most interesting and informative experiences of my life. I learned about areas I never dreamed...	July 18, 2008
SuccessFactors Slides As Canaccord Downgrades To “Sell”	SuccessFactors (SFSF) shares fell sharply Thursday after Canaccord Adams analyst Richard Baldry cut his rating on the stock to Sell from Hold. Baldy said he sees “an unfavorable risk/reward playing out” ahead of Q2 results for the the provider of HR management software. Baldry says the quarter is likely to highlight the company’s “elevated cash burn rate and slowing sequential and year-over-year growth rates.” Baldry notes that the stock has been trading near recent...	July 10, 2008
Top Dividend Buys for Late July	If you are looking for dividend buys, here are some stocks going ex-dividend during the last half of July. Most of the following stocks have a PE below 20, all have PEG ratios below 2.5, and yields over 2.5%.First Defiance Financial (FDEF) 7/9/2008 Yield: 6.62% PE: 8 PEG: 0.99Horizon Financial Corp (HRZB) 7/9/2008 Yield: 9.22% PE: 4 PEG: 0.36West Coast Bancorp (WCBO) 7/9/2008 Yield: 6.62% PE: 13 PEG: 1.23Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI) 7/9/2008 Yield: 3.52% PE: 21 PEG: 1.12Washington Federal Inc...	July 05, 2008

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