Hulu
What is Hulu?
Hulu is a powerful beatifully designed video website. On Hulu you can watch shows like Family Guy, Heroes, Prison Break, and much more. You can also watch a whole lot of movies.
Hulu is very simple, you don’t need to log in or pay, just go to their website and start watching.
Hulu has also introduced some shows in HD.
Who owns it?
Hulu is owned by NBC. 80% of NBC is owned by GE.
Is there advertising?
Actually there is. But it’s not like other websites, it goes with the flow of the website and it doesn’t bother people that much.
SquareSpace
What is it?
SquareSpace is a online platform where users can easily create and edit their websites. Everything is simple and easy to use. You have a ton of templates to choose from which are all completely customizable or you can write your own CSS. Embed a blog, no problem.
Who is it?
It all started with Anthony Casalena. A wizz kid software developer who started at 15. At age 20 he was sick of the way he had to edit his site and in 2003 founded SquareSpace. Anthony, now 26, is sitting on a booming multi-million dollar software company.
Show me!
Here is a demo by Jezper Söderlund from Vimeo.
Delek Group
Who are they?
The Delek Group is one of the most prominent and dynamic conglomerates in Israel and abroad. In addition to their core business of fuel supply, the Delek Group is diversified into the areas of energy exploration and delivery, biochemicals, media, real estate, motor vehicles and automotive imports and financial services.
Since a major reorganization undertaken in 2003, the Delek Group has seen significant growth and profitability having focused all of its activities into the following three major subsidiaries:
- Delek Petroleum Ltd., with its two subsidiaries; “Delek” the Israel Fuel Corporation Ltd.,(“Delek Israel”) Israel’s second largest retail gas and lubricants supplier and Delek US Holdings Inc.(NYSE: DK), which operates gas stations and attached convenience stores in the southern United States, and a crude oil pipeline and refinery in Texas, USA.
- Delek Investments and Properties Ltd., a holding company with subsidiaries in the energy, infrastructure, automotive, media, finance and wealth management sectors.
- Delek Real Estate Ltd. (TASE: DLKR), through its subsidiaries Dankner Investments and Delek Belron International, owns and manages prime real estate investments in Israel, Europe and Canada.
Adapted from Delek Group.
So what are they up to?
Well they have a 15.625% share in a drilling exploration team that has just discovered a natural gas composite of an estimated three trillion cubic feet. The find is located about 80 miles off of Israel’s coastline and over 5,000 feet deep.
Slow down, who owns these wells again?
Well here is an easy pie chart I made for you. Information provided by: Noble Energy.
What does this mean for Israel?
The find is expected to be able to sustain Israel’s energy consumption for 10 years, of course that is with coal but now Israel can become even more energy efficient and GREEN.
Kiva
What is Kiva?
Simply, Kiva helps people by connecting them with micro-lenders.
A lender looks online at the profiles of the needy entrepenuers and decided who he wants to lend money too. Once the lender chooses he/she gives the money to Kiva who then sends it to a micro-loan agency in that area.
The normal loan term is 6-12 months, after that a lender can do one of 3 things:
- Re-Lend the money to someone else
- Donate their funds to Kiva
- Withdraw their money
Where did Kiva come from?
Matt and Jessica Flannery. Jessica visited Africa to conduct surveys Village Enterprise Fund. They realized that these micro-loans had such great impact on these people and that many of them were now much better off.
Let’s get some facts over here (straight from Kiva):
| Total value of all loans made through Kiva: | $56,237,035 |
| Number of Kiva Lenders: | 420,850 |
| Number of loans that have been funded through Kiva: | 80,447 |
| Number of countries Kiva Field Partners are located in: | 43 |
| Current repayment rate (all partners): | 97.16% |
| Current default rate (all partners): | 2.84% |
And now for the link:
Google TV Ads
Google TV Ads:
Google is now offering a easy way for companies big and small to advertise on National TV.
The process is simple and goes something like this:
- Select from networks,dayparts,and programs (no limits).
- Upload your own TV ad or use Ad Creating Marketplace to find pros to do it for you.
- Set your price and budget.
- After your ads air you can see how many people saw it and how well it did.
Google has also teamed up with SpotMixer to develop a DIY program. With this program users can choose from stock photos or insert their own video. They also have the choice between some pre-made music or they can record their own.
