Monday, December 15, 2008

askmarkets is a web service for prediction markets

What Company Is Offering:
askmarkets is a web service for prediction markets, which in turn allow you to thrive on the knowledge of the many. Believe it or not, the combined knowledge of people who know a lot about something, people who know a bit about something and people who just want to guess, often provides a more accurate forecast than any expert or group of experts can give.
Prediction markets are mechanisms which tap into the wisdom of crowds and by using the knowledge of you and me, they arrive at predictions which prove to be more correct, more accurate or more reliable than these of the latest forecast or the experts or the Delphi oracle.

How It Works:

Prediction markets work like a stock exchange where instead of company stocks, people trade opinions, your knowledge on a particular question or your personal estimate of how something might work out. The same way the market mechanism of supply and demand determines the value of a particular stock and its market price then also reflects the sum of all the traders' knowledge and information, the judgement of the people participating in a particular prediction market influences the possible answer to the question at hand.

For example, someone might want to know the outcome of the next presidential elections. There are two people up for the job. People who subscribe to this prediction market can now trade stock A "Candidate X is going to be the next president" or stock B "Candidate Y is going to be the next president". And by simply letting people make their educated (or not) guess, share information they might have, or use their knowledge or opinion about what other people might think, the sum of all this wisdom is translated into an accurate prediction about the outcome of the next presidential elections.

More at:http://www.askmarkets.com/

InternshipRatings.com is a new website to rate, research and compare internships in various industries

What Company Is Offering:
InternshipRatings.com is a new website to rate, research and compare internships in various industries across the United States.
InternshipRatings.com to give students an outlet to reveal and critique the intern world. A place for interns to find out the real deal. Whether or not your experience involved coffee runs and filing papers , your internship story will help others determine if "it's worth the coffee."

How It Works:
You can rate an internship by searching for a company and then clicking the "Rate This Internship" button. If you can’t find your company, please add it to the site by clicking here. You must first be a member before you can add or rate internships.


You can find an internship by using the advanced search fields on the left side of each page, by clicking "Find By Location" or "Find By Industry." You can also use our interactive Flash map on the homepage to search by state. Note that you must have the latest version of Macromedia Flash Player installed to use this feature.

InternshipRatings.com enables you to rate your internship experience privately. Once you log in, visit "Account Settings" to keep your profile anonymous.


More at:http://www.internshipratings.com/

Artition-- To show work, ideas and personality, to share ideas and to connect with all the people important for an artistic career

What Company Is Offering:
Artition has been created to provide artists with all the tools they need to become recognized without investing a large amount of money or knowing people with great influence in the art industry.

They are offering every „Artition“ space to show work, ideas and personality, to share ideas and to connect with all the people important for an artistic career.



Unique Features:


Share your Videos, Photos, Paintings, Songs and Literature all for free.
Unlimited upload and space.
Create your own virtual portfolio.
Connect with other artists and get inspired.
Participate in artitions contests.
Receive invitations to art fairs and other art events.
Coming soon:Share your calender, exhibitions etc.
Create Groups.
Sell and buy art for free.

More at:http://artition.com/

BusyNoise.com allows you to keep track of your data using just email

What Company Is Offering:
BusyNoise.com allows you to keep track of your data using just email. No installation or special software is necessary. All it takes is sending emails to your Busy Noise account. BusyNoise lets you create and manipulate your data from any device that can send and receive email view your data as rows and columns from any web browser.

More at:http://www.busynoise.com/

The NextStep Directory is a business service listings website for Shanghai

What Company Is Offering:
The NextStep Directory is a business service listings website for Shanghai. The companies are organized by category, with each company providing its contact information, a company introduction and the answers to a category specific questionnaire that we have created. Through these questionnaires, the users are given a preview of the services that each company offers.

The NextStep Directory has been built to assist in the daily operations of businesses. Whether for a small start-up, or a multinational firm, the NextStep Directory will make doing business easier.Browse the site or register for free to take advantage of all the features.

More at:http://www.nextstepdirectory.com/

bizSugar is a social news site for small businesses and mid-sized companies

What Company Is Offering:
bizSugar is a social news site for small businesses and mid-sized companies. Business owners, managers and entrepreneurs can now discover, share and vote for the best business tips, trends, news and strategies on the Web. If you find a business story, tip or video that you like, give 'em a little sugar!

How Is It Different:
bizSugar makes it easier to learn about new business strategies, tactics, trends, and news. You can discover websites that provide answers to many of your business challenges, meet other business owners and managers that share your interests, and help others by sharing your knowledge.

Most importantly, bizSugar will save you an incredible amount of time. The biz Sugar voting system incorporates the wisdom of the masses to funnel through the Internet fluff and provide you with the most useful ideas and news that affects your business. This allows entrepreneurs to spend more time enjoying their lives and less time reading.

More at:http://www.bizsugar.com/