won’t give much away, because it won’t be released until December 2007 ( see IMDB ), but it’s got to be funny, because there was a camel walking down our street for one of the scenes. the non-profit economic development corporation that handles permits and promotes filming on the streets of Los Angeles, reported that there were 1,860 production days on local streets the first quarter 2007.  Being so focused on my own professional world of “virtual” products, which Internet advertising is, occasionally I’m interrupted to appreciate another virtual world, the movie business.

Most reporters were asking how this acquisition fits into Microsoft's strategy. Microsoft has announced their largest acquisition ever -- buying the digital advertising systems of aQuantive for $6 billion. However, a stock trader on CNBC asked Brian McAndrews, aQuantive CEO, what I thought was a more interesting question: When will all content go digital so that everyone will be a measurable viewer or reader?

Where you do not need a very very large market sizes, you do not need disturbing technology, you do not need a proven management team from Ivy league schools, you do not have to report to a board who is pushing for faster and more aggressive results all the time, and most importantly you do not need to exit (sell out). Speaking to entrepreneurs everyday has lead me to believe that most entrepreneurs really like to build a Life Style business and are not in tune with what motivates Venture Capital firms or Angels to invest. So what the heck is a Life business?

Step 5: Formal in-house reporting Once Once the product features (and thus the user flows) are sufficiently mature to invest in this area, then it makes sense to formalize out the reports. How many reports should you generate? find that it’s pretty addictive to build reports and get a clear understanding of what’s actually happening Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads As

The Angel Capital Association reported this week that investing activity by angel investments groups dropped by nine percent between 2008 and 2007, and 40 percent of angel groups expect overall investment to decrease again this year. The group, which released its ACA Angel Group Confidence Report this week, also found that the average group investment per deal was $276,918 in 2008, with total invested by groups in 2008 averaging at $1.77M. Individual group totals were not broken out. The group attributed the dropping investment levels to loss of individual member wealth

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up . Reporting? What are the important security considerations? I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures. However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be.

Los Angeles-based ManiaTV has reportedly laid off 15 of the firm's 33 employees, according to a report in The Deal, as the firm prepares to sell the company. The firm moved here in 2007 from Denver. ...Tags: The Deal said Revision3 is rumored to be a possible buyer for the firm. ManiaTV is a producer of original online content, which it distributes entirely online.

Online retailers are starting to see the impact of a slow economy, according to a report released Tuesday by comScore. The report found that the softness in online retail spending was driven in a big part by negative spending growth in households earning less than $50,000. The slowdown in online spending in is huge contrast the the year-to-year changes being seen in 2007, when comScore was reporting back-to-back, double digit growth in ecommerce sales. comScore, which measures Internet traffic and ecommerce sales, said that online spending in October of this year only grew 1 percent over last year's rates.

The nonprofit, economic thinktank the Milken Institute is reporting today that California is "losing a battle" with other states in retaining and attracting manufacturing jobs, including high tech, and is "hemorrhaging high-tech manufacturing jobs." The report, "Manufacturing 2.0: A More Prosperous California" cited declines The institute blamed an "unfriendly business climate"--specifically, comparatively high tax rates, restrictive regulations, and unsustainable government spending--for the decline. ...Tags: Tags: milken institute economy jobs high tech employmen

According to the report, based on December 2008 search data, there has been a huge increase in online searches for such terms as "coupons", "unemployment", "bankruptcy", and "foreclosure". The report, which compared the total number of searches for the terms between December 2007 and December 2008, found that there was an increase of 206% in people searching for the term "unemployment", a 156% increase in people searching on the term "bankruptcy", and 247^ increase in people looking for the term "unemployment benefits" year to year. A study of online search terms, released this week by comScore, is finding that the turmoil in the financial market is not only taking its toll on consumer's pocketbooks, but also their online search behavior.