While looking for companies in the Internet Software and Services space with the same core capabilities of PayPal, I came across a company with the beautiful name “Revolution Money”. Revolution Money provides online payment solutions. It offers online money transfer services and RevolutionCard, an anonymous PIN-protected credit card. Revolution Money was founded in 2007 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia. eBay Inc. and its subsidiaries provide online marketplaces for the sale of goods and services, online payments services, and online communication offerings to individuals and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Marketplaces, Payments, and Communications. PayPal, Inc., a subsidiary of eBay offers online payment solutions. The company’s suite enables individuals and businesses to send and receive payments online using a bank account, credit card, or stored balance. Additionally, it provides electronic fund transfer and billing services. (Source: CapitalIQ)
New Revolution Moneyexchange Plug-in for AOL's AIM Service, which is Ameira’s largest instant messaging community. While I have not used the MoneyExchange plug-in and cannot testify to how user-friendly it is, I am sure it allows for spreading the New Revolution services as there is a huge number of AIM users.
As for the RevolutionCard, an anonymous PIN-protected credit card, which Revolution Money provides to its clients, I am not sure how pervasive it will be. A lot of companies provide credit cards and have an option of pin-protection. Revolution Money believes it is has a low-cost payment card network. It prides itself in a proprietary processing technology platform.
In any case, the name of the company is an easy catch for investors and for clients.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Strategic About Your Time
http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/hbr/mcgrath/2008/05/be-strategic-about-your-time.html
An old proverb says, "time is money". No wonder my Training the Street instructor wrote "wasted money" instead of "wasted time", which he intended to write to indicate the period of time we are waiting for projects as summer analysts to be staffed on, checking mail, responding to dozens and hundreds of messages, updating all the possible social networks we belong to.I am global and believe in connectivity...However, unless you are specialized in working in the social networks space like Mark Z or Evan Williams, what is the value you add while twittering or facebooking...0...
Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School, who studies innovation, corporate venturing, and entrepreneurship, writes, "In the frantic buzz of most managerial lives, I see people running from meeting to meeting, consulting their BlackBerrys as though in prayer, desperately working into the night to cope with a deluge of emails and otherwise being busy, busy, busy. The dilemma of all this activity, however, is that it is for the most part what academics long ago termed "non value-added time."
Convenience and efficiency should go hand in hand.While it is convenient to have a blackberry device or an iphone, I also believe it is highly distracting to hear the buzz or the vibration every time I get a message.
People should adapt to change as it comes pervasively. Technology is the prerequisite for development and it certainly needs its space. I am certainly its most ardent advocate. However, it is a personal choice to keep a sanity check on oneself....in the busy, busy, busy life we have.
An old proverb says, "time is money". No wonder my Training the Street instructor wrote "wasted money" instead of "wasted time", which he intended to write to indicate the period of time we are waiting for projects as summer analysts to be staffed on, checking mail, responding to dozens and hundreds of messages, updating all the possible social networks we belong to.I am global and believe in connectivity...However, unless you are specialized in working in the social networks space like Mark Z or Evan Williams, what is the value you add while twittering or facebooking...0...
Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School, who studies innovation, corporate venturing, and entrepreneurship, writes, "In the frantic buzz of most managerial lives, I see people running from meeting to meeting, consulting their BlackBerrys as though in prayer, desperately working into the night to cope with a deluge of emails and otherwise being busy, busy, busy. The dilemma of all this activity, however, is that it is for the most part what academics long ago termed "non value-added time."
Convenience and efficiency should go hand in hand.While it is convenient to have a blackberry device or an iphone, I also believe it is highly distracting to hear the buzz or the vibration every time I get a message.
People should adapt to change as it comes pervasively. Technology is the prerequisite for development and it certainly needs its space. I am certainly its most ardent advocate. However, it is a personal choice to keep a sanity check on oneself....in the busy, busy, busy life we have.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Twenty Great Books about Revolution according to Amazon
1. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China by Theda Skocpol
2. History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
3. Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century by Eric R. Wolf
4. Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America by Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley
5. States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines by Misagh Parsa
6. Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World by Jack A. Goldstone
7. The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement by Dingxin Zhao
8. Theorizing Revolutions by John Foran
10. The Colombian Civil War by Bert Ruiz
11. The Encyclopedia Of Political Revolutions by Goldstone J
12. Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968 (Updated Edition) (Radical 60s) by Daniel Singer
13. The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and Legacy by Marifeli Perez-Stable
14. Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 by Yezid Sayigh
15. Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution (Studies in Political Economy Series) by Misagh Parsa
16. Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America by Walter Lafeber
17. Modern Latin American Revolutions: Second Edition by Eric Selbin
18. European Revolutions: 1492-1992 (Making of Europe) by Charles Tilly
19. The Future of Revolutions: Rethinking Radical Change in the Age of Globalization by John Foran
20. No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Jeff Goodwin
2. History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
3. Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century by Eric R. Wolf
4. Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America by Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley
5. States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines by Misagh Parsa
6. Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World by Jack A. Goldstone
7. The Power of Tiananmen: State-Society Relations and the 1989 Beijing Student Movement by Dingxin Zhao
8. Theorizing Revolutions by John Foran
10. The Colombian Civil War by Bert Ruiz
11. The Encyclopedia Of Political Revolutions by Goldstone J
12. Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968 (Updated Edition) (Radical 60s) by Daniel Singer
13. The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and Legacy by Marifeli Perez-Stable
14. Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 by Yezid Sayigh
15. Social Origins of the Iranian Revolution (Studies in Political Economy Series) by Misagh Parsa
16. Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America by Walter Lafeber
17. Modern Latin American Revolutions: Second Edition by Eric Selbin
18. European Revolutions: 1492-1992 (Making of Europe) by Charles Tilly
19. The Future of Revolutions: Rethinking Radical Change in the Age of Globalization by John Foran
20. No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Jeff Goodwin
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