Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
WSJ CIO - Startup Burn Rates
Marc Andreessen Worries About Startup Burn Rates When tech bubble dismisser Marc Andreessen worries about startup burn rates, it might be a good idea to pay attention. His venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested in more than 50 enterprise startups companies including Box Inc. He’s joining a growing chorus of venture capitalists who are sounding alarm bells over excessive spending by tech startups, writes the Journal’s Zoran Basich. CIOs who rely on startups may want to inquire about how fast they’re burning cash and make contingency plans in case they can’t raise follow-on funding.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
On-Line Self Analysis Quizzes (from WSJ 10 Point Guide, 9.23.2014)
In recent months, social-media sites have seen an explosion of online quizzes, such as those asking users to reveal what kind of cheese they might be or which "Friends" character they are. The trend has been sparked largely by a push from the New York media company BuzzFeed. Our story looks at how these quizzes have become a cheap form of modern self-analysis—a completely unscientific one, with the questions (and computer-generated results) put together by writers more interested in driving traffic than deep psychological insight. We find that in January BuzzFeed's online quiz team landed its first big hit with, "What City Should You Actually Live In?" Soon it was surpassed in February with "What State Do You Actually Belong In?" "At some point, we figured out we had told more people to move to Wisconsin than actually live in Wisconsin," said BuzzFeed's managing editorial director in charge of the quiz-creating team.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Subsidy Costs - Merkel’s Taste for Coal to Upset $130 Billion Green Drive - Bloomberg
Merkel’s Taste for Coal to Upset $130 Billion Green Drive - Bloomberg
Consumers paid 106 billion euros between 2000 and 2013 to renewable energy producers, according to the nation’s four grids. To stem gains, the government cut green subsidies last month by 29 percent on average to 120 euros a megawatt-hour, according to the Economics and Energy Ministry’s website.
Consumers paid 106 billion euros between 2000 and 2013 to renewable energy producers, according to the nation’s four grids. To stem gains, the government cut green subsidies last month by 29 percent on average to 120 euros a megawatt-hour, according to the Economics and Energy Ministry’s website.
Merkel’s Taste for Coal to Upset $130 Billion Green Drive - Bloomberg
Merkel’s Taste for Coal to Upset $130 Billion Green Drive - Bloomberg
The cost of renewable energy - Germany:
"...The transition, dubbed the Energiewende, has so far added more than 100 billion euros ($134 billion) to the power bills of households, shop owners and small factories as renewable energy met a record 25 percent of demand last year. RWE AG (RWE), the nation’s biggest power producer, last year reported its first loss since 1949 as utility margins are getting squeezed because laws give green power priority to the grids."
The cost of renewable energy - Germany:
"...The transition, dubbed the Energiewende, has so far added more than 100 billion euros ($134 billion) to the power bills of households, shop owners and small factories as renewable energy met a record 25 percent of demand last year. RWE AG (RWE), the nation’s biggest power producer, last year reported its first loss since 1949 as utility margins are getting squeezed because laws give green power priority to the grids."
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