WOT Revisited

-April 8, 2008

I initially wrote about WOT in December of 2007. I definitely believed in the idea (as I do now), but thought the product was a little short on features. The concept is an online rating system where users determine the credibility and safety of websites. A toolbar on your browser displays website ratings as you surf the web, alerting you of potentially dangerous sites and phishing schemes. I wanted to post a follow-up because ......Read More

Venture Capital Failure Rates

-November 30, 2007

There has been some chatter following Fed Wilson’s recent post about his failure rate as a venture capitalist. He is clearly proud of the fact that his failure rate, 20%, is pretty low, especially in a field notorious for risks and embarrassing face plants. I think that Fred’s holistic view of venture investing is very informative and unusually transparent (VC’s tend to be secretive). However, many of the entrepreneurs out there have been greatly ......Read More

Web of Trust

-December 20, 2007

Web of Trust is an Internet startup, based out of Finland, that asks users to rate web pages on trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy and child safety. Nobody wants to submit credit card numbers or personal info without knowing who they’re dealing with. So Web of Trust, or WOT, hopes to solve that problem.

WOT provides a basic plugin for your browser. Every time you visit a web page, you can see other ......Read More

Earth Class Mail: Now depositing checks right from your mailbox

-December 27, 2008

Earth Class Mail offers a unique service where you send your mail to a specified address (a distribution center) and then review it online. You receive a digital notification for every piece of physical mail that you get. You can look at each item and have it either opened and displayed online (by automated robots and scanners), shredded and thrown out, or forwarded to a physical address (wherever you happen to be at the ......Read More