Voice, Voice Everywhere

The spoken word is the hot commodity this fall, for Internet companies ranging from retailers that envision voice-activated sales to advertisers envisioning a captive audience. In this special report, Business 2.com examines how companies will profit from voice technologies on the Web, what obstacles remain, who the leading players are, and what the future will bring.

The Race to Rule E-Payments in Asia

Online consumers in the Asia-Pacific region continue to use credit cards far less than Americans do. Alternative payment technology companies are vying to cash in on the opportunity.

One-to-(N)one? The internet’s once-rosy promise of truly personalized marketing seems to be wilting

This article describes how the hype surrounding one-to-one marketing has been anything but deserved. It also examines the technologies that were supposed to deliver on the promise of one-to-one, but haven’t yet replaced the human touch (incl. profiling, email, dynamic content, data mining, and collaborative filtering). Online and offline privacy issues are also discussed.

Trust Fund

In politics as in affairs of the heart, building trust remains that most elusive ideal. But creating it in your workplace could be your greatest competitive advantage.

Do Profits Matter?

Business 2.0 put this question to some of the New Economy’s best and brightest. (incl. Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Christine Comaford, Nicholas Negroponte, Steve Jurvetson, Geoffrey Moore, Rob Glaser, Patricia Seybold, Guy Kawasaki and more)

Various Luminaries

incl. Mike Bloomberg, Jeff Bezos, Christine Comaford, Nicholas Negroponte, Steve Jurvetson, Geoffrey Moore, Rob Glaser, Patricia Seybold, Guy Kawasaki and more

Go Global

excellent article talks about the need to be global and asks and answers 6 fundamental questions in attempt to sort out the issues

Boom or Bust?

Michael Lewis discusses the New Economy incl. thoughts on: difference between bubble and real; evolotuion of entrepreneurship; the New Economy taking the risk out of risk; the democratization and commoditization of capital; the new morality of money

Ditch your business plan. Tell the moneymen why they should care.

In the Internet Economy, the right B-plan isn’t a B-plan at all, but a great 8-point startup story (inc. business case, customer, solution, alternatives, accomplishments, background, company details and basic financials)

Let’s Do Launch

Esther Dyson, Guy Kawasaki, J. Neil Weintraut, and others spell out what it takes to fly.

Business 2.0

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