Posted by Gill Millington on 1st October 2008.
Mortgage Black Monday is what it’s been called. The day when one in ten mortgages were pulled.
And that’s been just one day in a shocking few weeks when banks have been collapsing or being swallowed up by new super-banks, while governments around the world are bailing out the financial sector … or not. [...]
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Posted by Gill Millington on 27th August 2008.
I’m really pleased to welcome our latest guest blogger, Gill Millington, to SmallBizPod. Gill has a wealth of knowledge about finance and small business which she’ll be sharing with us once a month. Do check out her profile and say hello in the comments here, if you get a chance.
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I thought I’d use my introduction [...]
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Posted by The Hound on 8th August 2008.
Continuing the story of the daring Hound and his escape from the shackles of corporate life to set up his own hedge fund startup.
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Things have been moving so fast it’s difficult to know where to start. The end result is an exhilarating milestone in CrystalClear’s journey – we launch on 1 September as an Experienced [...]
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Posted by The Hound on 20th June 2008.
We’ve had a long tradition of highlighting startups and giving them a chance to tell their story here on the SmallBizPod blog. Here’s one with a difference. Stay tuned to find out whether the daring Hound will succeed in getting a hedge fund startup off the ground.
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“You’re trying to set a hedge fund [...]
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Posted by David Tebbutt on 16th June 2008.
Last week’s Web 2.0 Strategies conference in London brought together people who were anxious to find out whether and how to implement ‘Web 2.0′ in their organisations. They came with a generally favourable disposition towards the subject but most of those I spoke to were finding it difficult to engender enthusiasm among their senior management. [...]
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Posted by David Tebbutt on 9th June 2008.
A visit with FaceTime introduced me to the term ‘greynet’. Since it’s been knocking around for donkey’s years, I should have known about it. But I didn’t. And so, I figured, nor would you. (Skip this blog if you’re up to speed on the subject and protected from greynet attacks.)
A greynet is a network-enabled application [...]
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