Damian Holmes » Business http://www.damianholmes.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who pays for the data? Why websites will start to charge http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/12/01/who-pays-for-the-data-why-websites-will-start-to-charge/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/12/01/who-pays-for-the-data-why-websites-will-start-to-charge/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:04:05 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=956 More and more data is being produced and consumed on the internet everyday as people become more mobile and more social. This data is paid for by the consumer to their provider whether it’s an ISP or their mobile carrier they pay for data download. Vast amounts of data we consume everyday comes from free ......

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LDN-REDUX from THE LIGHT SURGEONS on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/11/27/ldn-redux/feed/ 0 Using Social Media – the biggest cost is time but the longer you wait the higher the cost. http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=941 How much you spend on Social Media is up to the company marketing budget and how much you allocate to digital but it is the cheapest form of promotion – in effect the only cost is time but really the longer you wait to enter the social media arena the higher the cost in time ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/07/using-social-media-the-biggest-cost-is-time-but-the-longer-you-wait-the-higher-the-cost/feed/ 0 Will the world over react to China’s seasonal slowdown? http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:14:52 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=934 China’s economy is been seen by many pundits as the savior for the world economy and over the last three years has proved the eternal flame of glowing production and growth, however there has been lingering doubt for the last 18 months whether China’s economy can continue to grow at double digits and whether its ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/03/china-seasonal-slowdown-will-the-world-economy-over-react/feed/ 0 Where They Create – Paul Barbera | website & now a book http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/02/where-they-create-paul-barbera-website-now-a-book/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/02/where-they-create-paul-barbera-website-now-a-book/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:21:44 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=923 Paul Berbara is from my hometown – Melbourne Australia and has been travelling as a photographer for many years across the world. Along the way he has documented the offices, studios, workshops and creative spaces of many architects, designers, artists, fashion designers and other creative people. The photos became wheretheycreate.com and then a Where They ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/10/02/where-they-create-paul-barbera-website-now-a-book/feed/ 0 Stop going to your professional annual conference – go to someone else’s http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/20/stop-professional-annual-conference-elses/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/20/stop-professional-annual-conference-elses/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:55:32 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=662 Year after year I hear people go to the same conference. Why? Different city, different speakers? Isn’t it time your thought a little outside your profession and went to something a little or completely different. Seeing the same people year after year hearing the same ideas about what the profession should be doing or a ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/05/progression-and-responsibility-make-people-happier/feed/ 0 Vinod Khosla: ignore the experts & trust your vision [VIDEO] http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/05/vinod-khosla-ignore-the-experts-trust-your-vision-video/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/05/vinod-khosla-ignore-the-experts-trust-your-vision-video/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:03:37 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=895 Venture Capitalist Vinod Khosla of khosla ventures was interviewed(5min 11sec) by Venture Beat as always Vinod gives a straight answer for advice to entrepreneurs .

]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/05/vinod-khosla-ignore-the-experts-trust-your-vision-video/feed/ 0 Over 1 million on Empire Avenue http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/03/over-1-million-on-empire-avenue/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/03/over-1-million-on-empire-avenue/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:26:39 +0000 admin http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=912

Today, I went over the 1 million net wealth on Empire Avenue. It took 4 months with an off and on approach when I had a few spare minutes. Empire Avenue is a social network game where you invest in people rather than stocks (although some are companies) with Eaves, a digital currency although you ......

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]]> http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/03/over-1-million-on-empire-avenue/feed/ 0 LinkedIN needs to start innovating http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/01/linkedin-needs-to-start-innovating/ http://www.damianholmes.com/2011/09/01/linkedin-needs-to-start-innovating/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:16:26 +0000 Damian http://www.damianholmes.com/?p=880 Today, LinkedIN once again changed the icons for group notifications for the 2nd or 3rd time in recent months and this is were its starts to be apparent that they seem to have lost their way. With the IPO and relative little innovation of its product it seems LinkedIN is asleep at the wheel.

IPO has ......

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