More Big Money to Big Data, Great Idea!

Continuing the trend of money flowing into companies the help make sense of all the data. 

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/12/28/mu-sigma-lands-big-money-for-big-data/?KEYWORDS=mu+sigma

Ben Bernanke or Tom Cruise? Both face mission impossible

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203391104577120422546692282.html?KEYWORDS=the+feds+mission+impossible

One of my professors in business school.  He's been calling the Fed out all along.  Failure must be a part of the free market.  Europe needs to allow for this too.  Even though I blew up in the final in his class, I agree with points in the article. 

 

Craft Brewers Tap Big Expansion

Nice article in WSJ about how the niche beer market is drinking the mass market, large brands under the table. I think the same thing will happen in Bourbon.  Tied to marketing but also the desire to be local and genuine.  Similar to the trend among top chefs, sourcing local ingredients.  The US can now compete with Europe in quality and quantity, for beer and wine.  The homeland is going through a tough few years. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577114291721661070.html?KEYWORDS=craft+brewers

Crush the competition, even if it's Google.

http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/75314/13-Ways-To-Think-About-And-Crush-Your-Competition.aspx

Man can't live on bread alone. Bourbon helps.

Nice article in NYT about the booming Bourbon business. Have had my eyes here for some time.  Would be very willing to discuss ideas with interested parties.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/bourbons-all-american-roar.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

 

 

Priceonomics.com. Using aggregation to find what you should pay. Another good idea!

A Y Combinator product develops an online price guide for used products.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/priceonomics/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Using data to sell more tickets, great idea!

Live Nation buys a bottle of BigChampagne Media Measurement, the leading media metrics firm.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20111214-909106.html?mod=WSJ_qtpressrel_pressrel

Number One

My first post here.  Wanted to say thank you to my friend Tom Ordonez of Aeroinvestments.com for all the help in setting this up.  Looking forward to writing, hopefully, interesting posts.