Auction.com - Everyone's Internet Marketplace
An alternative to Ebay
Subject Category:Shopping.AuctionsReview Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Marketplace
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AuctionWatch.com
Industrial strength tools for building and managing an online auction site
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Vendor
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EBay Pays For Deadbeats?
A disturbing article about eBay encouraging people to join eBay and bid with no intention of buying anything. If you sell or buy in auctions then this is sure to PISS YOU OFF. This may go off-line at any time, so check it out today or lose it tomorrow.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Analysis
Whose Site is it? The Auction Guild
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:8 Look:3 Information Depth:8

PayPal
The biggest web transaction company there is. At least this week. Here's the place to sign up, change your account, anything but talk to a PayPal employee (if that's what you want, then may the gods help you).
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? PayPal
Ratings Coolness factor:5 Credibility:5 Look:4 Information Depth:7

Marketing
The Care and Feeding of the Press
Meant for those dealing with the tech press, this is a great primer for anybody doing PR. Brief, to the point, friendly.You know, sort of like the kind of materials they want you to send.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Guide/FAQ
Whose Site is it? Netpress.org
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:10 Look:2 Information Depth:9

"Search Engine Registration - Submit Your Site to the Top Search Engines - Free!"
What it says.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Tool
Whose Site is it? SiteAdd
Ratings Coolness factor:3 Credibility:3 Look:2 Information Depth:5

Submit It! Search Engine Tips
Things to know about submitting your site to search engines. It must be great, after all, it's from one of the most dangerous manipulators of public opinion in the past fifty years.
Subject Category:Design.Web Site CreationReview Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Analysis
Whose Site is it? Microsoft (boo! hiss!)
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:4 Look:3 Information Depth:7

Venture Capital
Entrepia Ventures
Funding and coordinating the transfer of American technologies to the Japanese market. If you've got something that would sell well in Japan and you're already up and running in the US (garage ventures need not apply) then check them out.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Entrepia
Ratings Coolness factor:5 Credibility:9 Look:7 Information Depth:4

Garage Technology Ventures, formerly Garage.com
Don't even think of going here without going here first. Once you've done that you'll know what is going on now at the venture once touting themselves as a revolution in VC access for smaller and edgier groups.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? GTV
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:7 Look:7 Information Depth:8

The Pew Charitable Trusts
A foundation with an emphasis on culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion. You've heard of them; they're mentioned before half of the shows on PBS. See what they have for you.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Pew Trusts
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:9 Look:6 Information Depth:8

Ramius Capital
While technically qualifying as a venture capitalist, any time at all on their site will shower you with their strategy of "low-volatility" and "risk-averse". Unless you've already got a large company with plenty of revenue and history I'ld give these guys a miss.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Organization
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Ratings Coolness factor:3 Credibility:9 Look:9 Information Depth:8

Red Herring
Love 'em or hate 'em these are the guys to turn to for conventional wisdom in the world of high-tech startups.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Magazine
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Ratings Coolness factor:5 Credibility:4 Look:7 Information Depth:7

Softbank
The big boys of content VC. Japanese muscle, international perspective. With early roles in Net2Phone, Geocities, and many others, not to mention some serious buyouts, no entrepreneur can afford to blow them off. Look carefully and see which division is best suited to you.
Subject Category:BReview Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Softbank
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:9 Look:8 Information Depth:8

"ThinkTank, Where Entrepreneurs Work"
Establishment personified. They say, "A holding company with significant investment or control in each of its companies. Partners add value through capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, strategic business partnerships, legal support, business development, marketing expertise and financial management and analytics. Expertise also comes from strong partnerships with Microsoft(!) and IBM."
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Think Tank
Ratings Coolness factor:2 Credibility:5 Look:6 Information Depth:7

"VentureWire: The Premier Source of Venture Capital News, Networking, and Information"
Very serious fundraising information, free and fee-based. Also information on conferences, indexes of companies seeking funding, and so on. The bad news:, most of the good stuff requires laying out serious money. The good news: this is a resource for adults, instead of yet another yee-haw happy-time puffball.
Review Date: 6/21/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? VentureWire
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:8 Look:4 Information Depth:6