For those that follow prediction markets, the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX) is instantly recognized as one of the oldest and most popular on the internet. But despite their past success they have not stood still. In this interview with Alex Costakis, Managing Director of Hollywood Stock Exchange, we discuss the recent redesign, the challenges of [...]
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Interview with Alex Costakis of HSX
July 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Interviews, Prediction Markets
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UsableMarkets Interview on Alt Search Engine
May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Healthcare Markets, Interviews
I interviewed Mona Lori of OutOfPocket.com once before. This latest interview is on Alt Search Engines, where she talks about the new search engine, and about the importance of transparency in the pricing of health care services. ~alex
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Interview: Perry Blacher of Covestor
February 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Financial Markets, Interviews
There’s a whole new breed of investing sites out there these days, bringing power to the people (or the crowd, as the case may be). Covestor is one of the more interesting of these, and recently Co-Founder Perry Blacher graciously agreed to respond to some questions via email. Read on to find out what makes [...]
Tags:data aggregation technology·online broker accounts·Perry Blacher·same data aggregation technology·United States
Interview with Dan Kelly, CEO of Sparter
November 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Financial Markets, Interviews, Virtual World Markets
Dan Kelly, CEO of Sparter, graciously agreed to speak with me over the Thanksgiving holiday. I encourage you to take the time and read this, since Dan spoke about a number of fascinating topics, such as gold farmers, virtual currency arbitrage (or lack thereof), scarcity in Virtual Worlds, and delivery risk. UsableMarkets: How did you [...]
Tags:Asia·Bessemer Venture Partners·Dan Kelly·eBay·Europe·online communities·online community·online games·online games industry·online goods·online marketing·payment systems·Sparter·Thanksgiving·USD·white label solution
Interview with Alan Lewis
November 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Auction Markets, Interviews
Those of you who follow this blog with any regularity – a fine and exclusive bunch, if I do say so myself – have heard me discuss eBay and usability before. In particular, it’s not often that you see such a high profile company struggle so visibly with the issue of usability, and then decide [...]
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Interview with Mona Lori, Principle, OutOfPocket.com
August 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Healthcare Markets, Interviews
In the healthcare services market change comes slowly. An incredible amount of innovative thinking, and technical blood, sweat and tears, have been put into improving our healthcare experience over the past two decades, yet in many ways very little has changed. Still, after all these years, getting accurate prices for basic procedures is like climbing [...]
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