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A new platform for entrepreneurial executive educationVator on Tuesday launched a new executive education platform, specifically for entrepreneurs. It's called VatorAcademy.

• 11/14/09
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CEO Brian Roberts shows off Fancast, a beta service to be rolled out later this yearPretty soon, Comcast subscribers will have access to video nirvana or video on-demand, on steroids. That's according to Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, who showed off Fancast, the cable companies on-demand video service that's in beta at the moment but will be formally released by the end of this year.The online service will be "much better than the TV experience because we’re not bound by storage in your box," said Roberts, who was being interviewed by John Battelle, founder of Federated Media, at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco late Tuesday afternoon. "Here’s every episode of Entourage ever," Roberts explained as he walked through the beta version of the Fancast site.It's like "video nirvana," said Roberts."Or video on steroids." ... [http://vator.tv/n/b53 read more]

• 10/23/09
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Evan Williams says Twitter traffic may have plateaued, but only temporarilyEvan Williams, CEO and co-founder of Twitter, speaking at the Web 2.0 conference late Tuesday wasn't exactly candid about what's happening at Twitter these days. He dodged just about every question John Battelle, founder of Federated Media, threw his way about Twitter's plans for monetization. Williams also wouldn't comment about reports that both Microsoft and Google are interested in licensing Twitter feeds.

• 10/23/09
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Event will highlight 10 hot startups, Mint and Like.com, and a special 'Juice' Box showFor a few months I've been contemplating bringing the VatorNews contributors together for a small gathering. For those who know me, however, you've heard me say that I'm not the type to often host parties, let alone an event.

• 10/22/09
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CEO Munjal Shah reveals the real strategy behind making money off of visual searchLike.com CEO and founder Munjal Shah was one of the presenters at The Funded and Vator’s Juice Pitcher event last week. Munjal’s presentation, which was a frank and detailed outline of Like’s strategy to generate revenue, was a nice complement to Mint CEO Aaron Patzer’s, another detailed summary of how Mint grew its company and what it cost. Like.com has had great success so far. To date, it’s generating more than $20 million in annual sales with more than $100 million products sold off its platform. The $20 million comes from leads it collects from its retail customers whenever a consumer browsing on Like.com clicks through to the customer’s Web site.

• 10/22/09
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TC50 - AnyClip seeks to change the way we watch videos onlineWith so many ways to interact online now, companies are finding new and improved ways to help us find and consume media on the Web.

• 10/3/09
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The San Diego-based startup is now a finalist for the $25,000 awardThe votes are finally in for the Summer of Innovation $2k to $25k Competition.Sixty startups joined the competition, which kicked off in early August. The event ended on August 31st, with the Service Jobs Now leading the pack with 67 votes. But as in many of the Vator-hosted competitions, the popular vote is only counted as one vote. (Note: SJN founders - Alex Roizen and Jonathan O'Bierne - are in the video presenting their company.)The other judges - Bernard Slede, HP Ventures, Chris Redlitz, Trans Media Capital, Joy Tang, One Village Foundation, Ed Lambert, Bridge Bank, Tyler Rorabaugh, Semantic Seed, Ed Lucero, IPEVO, David Fleck, Wild Pockets, Quincy Jones Jr, III, Ehustle.com, QD3 Entertainment, Howard Hartenbaum, August Capital and Eghosa ... [http://vator.tv/n/a92 read more]

• 10/3/09
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The CTO of the United States is looking for healthcare, smartgrid, and education technologies. On Tuesday night, Chief Technology Officer of the United States Aneesh Chopra told a group of Silicon Valley thought leaders how the federal government plans to work with the high-growth technology sector.The CTO said his top priority is to invest in the building blocks of innovation--primarily by ensuring we have smart, secure infrastructure, focusing the national $150 billion research and development budget towards commercialization, and making sure that we have a 21st-century workforce.Chopra said his second priority was to harness technology to achieve the president’s agenda, focusing on healthcare solutions, energy independence (especially the smart grid), upgrading the education system, and the accomplishing President Obama’s open government initiative, which means bringing “transparency, participatory democracy and collaboration into the DNA of ... [http://vator.tv/n/9cc read more]

• 8/12/09
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