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Eighth Annual Entrepreneurship Conference |
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Eighth Annual Entrepreneurship Conference
December 6, 2004
By Phil Benson & Petros Sakkis
The 8th Annual Entrepreneurship Conference broke all previous attendance records with over 500 participants. This year's conference featured keynote speeches from Jeffrey Citron, CEO of Vonage; David Morgan, founder of Real Media; and Josh Kopelman, founder of Half.com.
The morning keynote was a great start to the conference, with serial-entrepreneur Jeffrey Citron advising would-be entrepreneurs to be prepared to shake things up and avoid hosting reality TV shows (a reference to Wharton alum Donald Trump's recent financial troubles).
He also spoke about the importance of distribution, marketing, and customer focus as things that can make or break a new venture, and encouraged entrepreneurs to stay focused on their value proposition to the customer instead of on the naysayers, the hype, the competitive landscape or potential exit strategies. Citron talked about the types of opportunities that interest him most and the common themes were large potential markets with big, entrenched competitors who cannot change and adapt quickly to disruptive innovation. When asked how one should approach the regulatory environment, his response was (1) hire a lot of lawyers and (2) hire another group of lawyers to check their work.
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Posted by vonage on Tuesday, December 07 @ 00:00:00 UTC
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Christmas Wish List |
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Christmas Wish List
December 7, 2004
By Bambi Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - On Sunday evening, I was exasperated. I attribute it to spending both Saturday and Sunday holiday shopping!
Besides providing quality moments with friends, shopping is draining. I could bike ride two centuries over the weekend and have far more energy left over.
The honking horns; the parking-lot madness; the bustling crowds; the 10-people long lines at the registers; the aching arms weighed down with bags of presents.
These are the feelings of shopping discontent during the holiday season. Thank goodness for the Web, where the experience doesn't change no matter how busy those virtual registers are, especially over the next five days.
This week, online shopping is set to hit its peak traffic as consumers put in their orders early enough to ensure they'll be shipped before Christmas.
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Posted by vonage on Tuesday, December 07 @ 00:00:00 UTC
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Web Hosts Low-Cost Phone Calls |
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Web Hosts Low-Cost Phone Calls
New Service Saves On Long Distance
December 6, 2004
By Craig Wolf
Just when you'd figured out cell phones, there's another player in the phone service arena.
It's called VoIP, or ''voice over Internet protocol,'' also known as IP telephony. Translation: phone calls over the Internet.
You'd better get used to it because it's spreading. It's big already and it's proving useful as yet another tool in the telephony toolbox.
Chief advantages are lower costs for long-distance and international calls, plus the ability to take your phone number with you while traveling.
Charles North has tried out voice over Internet protocol during demonstrations at a trade show held by the Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president.
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Posted by vonage on Monday, December 06 @ 22:41:10 UTC
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Computer Calling |
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Computer Calling
December 5, 2004
By Sam Kennedy
Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, promises to rewire the telephone industry.
Already, the technology has spawned startups and spurred the offspring of Ma Bell, including AT&T and Verizon, and cable companies, such as Comcast, to develop their own VoIP services.
Consumers, though, really only need to know one thing: VoIP allows you to plug your phone into the Internet and make cheap phone calls.
Independent VoIP provider Vonage, for example, offers unlimited calling throughout the United States for $25 a month. Additional savings can also be had.
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Posted by vonage on Monday, December 06 @ 22:36:52 UTC
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Voice Over Internet Demand Grows |
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Voice Over Internet Demand Grows
December 4, 2004
By Joel Palmer
WATERLOO --- It's the next big thing in Internet services.
It's the next big thing in telecommunications.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which allows users to make voice calls using a broadband Internet connection, is gaining in popularity, though industry estimates show only about 200,000 homes have the service.
Companies are just starting to offer the technology in the Cedar Valley.
Cable companies like Mediacom, which years ago began offering high-speed Internet, are pushing for VoIP to add another service to its line, then being able to bundle phone, cable and Internet all on one bill to offer customers. Phone companies, meanwhile, are deploying the technology to stem the flow of people ditching traditional land lines for wireless phones.
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Posted by vonage on Monday, December 06 @ 22:32:01 UTC
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Net Gain: Bush Extends Tax Ban |
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Net Gain: Bush Extends Tax Ban
December 4, 2004
By Ryan J. Donmoyer and Scott Lanman
President George W. Bush signed a law renewing a ban on Internet access taxes, ensuring most customers of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and Time Warner Inc.'s America Online won't see state and local levies on their monthly bill until at least 2007.
Proponents such as Sen. George Allen, R-Va., have said the moratorium, first enacted in 1998, would allow high-speed broadband technology to expand to rural areas and keep it affordable. Bush, who signed the bill in a private ceremony, has urged Congress to make it permanent.
Starting in 1998, federal law has blocked state and local taxes on Internet connections for customers of such companies as AOL and EarthLink Inc. Since a series of temporary measures lapsed in November 2003, state and local governments have stood pat, hesitant to impose new levies until Congress acted.
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Posted by vonage on Monday, December 06 @ 22:28:48 UTC
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London Calling |
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London Calling
December 3, 2004
By Staff
Vonage will launch VoIP service in the UK Dec 28, offering what CEO John Rego characterized as "very competitive" pricing meant to beat all incumbents.
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Posted by vonage on Monday, December 06 @ 22:26:22 UTC
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Vonage - Web Phones, Rock-Hard Concrete |
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Cyberspeak
Web Phones, Rock-Hard Concrete
December 3, 2004
By April Holladay
Q: Can Internet phones call non-Internet phones? If so, how do they do it?(Shirley, Panama City, Florida)
A: Yes. With an Internet phone, we can call anyone in the world that has a phone — extremely cheaply or even free.
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Posted by vonage on Saturday, December 04 @ 00:00:00 UTC
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Universal Service Said To Be Main Issue For Congress |
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Universal Service Said To Be Main Issue For Congress To Address
December 3, 2004
By Susan Polyakova
Universal service reform is one issue Congress should address when rewriting the Telecom Act next year, a cross- industry panel agreed Thurs. at a forum sponsored by the National Journal. But speakers couldn't agree on exactly what the reform should be. They also disagreed on which other issues should go to Congress and which ones left to the FCC.
Intel Dir.-Communications Policy Peter Pitsch said most of the issues could be dealt with within the FCC, but he said there were 3 that required a legislative rewrite: Universal service, spectrum reform and "where is the market power and how you deal with it." Vonage CEO Jeff Citron said he hoped universal service and intercarrier compensation would be resolved before they go to Congress. "I think there is a possibility to have a very narrow- focused bill that would clear away many of the regulations that are no longer necessary," he said.
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Posted by vonage on Friday, December 03 @ 21:41:44 UTC
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Wishlisting With Smarts |
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Wishlisting With Smarts
December 3, 2004
By Elise Zito and Ysolt Usigan
You can put mindless gifts like CDs, sweaters, and cash on your holiday wishlist, or you can be smart about what you ask your family for. Instead of having to unwrap goods you'll later return or shamefully re-gift next year, drop hints to your 'rents, relatives, and friends on cool -- not to mention useful -- stuff to take with you to school.
Vonage Box
Mom and dad may be the ones footing your phone bill, so how about saving 'em a few bucks?
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Posted by vonage on Friday, December 03 @ 21:39:11 UTC
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