Power Laws and Private Equity

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Private Equity Group to Buy SunGard for
$11.3B

Private Equity Group to Buy SunGard for
$11.3B 03/28/2005 11:20 PM
SunGard stockholders will receive $36 in cash for each share of common stock they hold; SunGard officials say plans in the works to form a spinoff of the company's Availability Services business unit have been called off.

WebTrends sold to private equity group

WebTrends sold to private equity group 03/29/2005 04:43 AM
"...NetIQ Corp. (NTIQ.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it inked a deal to sell WebTrends, its Web analytics business, to Francisco Partners for about $94 million in cash."

Private Equity Firms Make a Bet on
Satellite Companies

Private Equity Firms Make a Bet on
Satellite Companies 04/17/2005 09:50 PM
New York Times Apr 18 2005 2:00AM GMT

Alias In Acquisition Talks With Private
Equity Firm

Alias In Acquisition Talks With Private
Equity Firm 02/12/2004 01:24 AM

Eidos receives takeover offer from US
private equity group

Eidos receives takeover offer from US
private equity group 03/23/2005 10:02 AM
Computer Business Review Mar 23 2005 2:01PM GMT

Aethlon Medical Completes $673,000
Private Placement and Secures $6 Million
Equity Funding Commitment

Aethlon Medical Completes $673,000
Private Placement and Secures $6 Million
Equity Funding Commitment 06/11/2004 02:01 AM
Aethlon Medical Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD) announced today that it has completed a $673,000 private placement of common stock with accredited investors, including Fusion Capital Fund II LLC, a Chicago based institutional investor. Aethlon also announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital, whereby Fusion Capital has committed to buy an additional $6.0 million of Aethlon's common stock. The funds from both of these transactions will be utilized to accelerate the development and commercialization of Aethlon's treatment countermeasures against Biological Weapons, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis-C. [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Webl0gs and power laws (kottke.org)

Webl0gs and power laws (kottke.org) 04/14/2005 04:23 AM
los blogs mantienen un comportamiento aplicable a la distribucin de Pareto .. Weblogs and power laws (kottke.org) .. weblogs .. law

kottke.org/03/02/weblogs-and-power-laws
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Inequality and the role of "fitness" in
power laws

Inequality and the role of "fitness" in
power laws 01/17/2004 10:43 PM

I've been trying to push against Clay's assertion that blogs exhibit a power law and that power laws cause inequality. You can't "fix" the system without breaking it. We've gone back and forth in different places and I THINK I've boiled it down to a few key points for me.

When Clay uses the word "inequality" he means "not the same" and indeed, in a fair system, the outcomes will usually be inequal. I won't argue with that. What my question was was whether the rules were fair and whether we could counteract the current bias towards those in positions of privilege and amplify those opinions that are currently underrepresented.

I think the notion of trying to modify or influence the system to push it towards a particular outcome sounds like regulation and hits a negative chord with the free market libertarian types on the Net. I am also against unnecessary regulation. However, I do think that we can and should try to influence the architecture to push towards an outcome that we believe in. I think this is the nature of politics.

Clay talks about the power law in his paper, Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality. As most of you are aware, power laws are a type of distribution exhibited by large networks that grow where people are allowed to link freely. Since new sites tend to link to sites that already exist or are famous, the links aggregate to the well known sites making the "rich richer". The power law shows that even with fair rules, the outcome will be very inequal.

Recently, Marko and I blogged about blogs and justice in the context of the power law. Clay recently blogged this:

We can and should talk about the type of inequality we want — right now, for example, most of the high-flow webloggers are men. We can ask why that is, whether we should do anything about it, and if so, what? We can’t ask how we can level out the difference between the high-flow end of the popularity curve and the rest of us, or at least we can’t ask that unless we are advocating the destruction of the blogosphere. The interesting and hard question is “Since there is to be inequality, how shall it be arranged?”

I think we are going to see an explosion in work designed to alter the construction and effects of this inevitable inequality (viz Sifry’s experiments on moving recent blogs up the Technorati list) and I am optimistic about this change, as I believe the concentration of real thought and energy on what is actually possible, as opposed to cycles wasted on utopian declations, will be tremendously productive.

So I'm glad Clay is willing to consider what we might do about the fact that the most influential blogs are by people in positions of privilege.

In Linked Albert-Laszlo talks a lot about power laws and makes a few interesting points. First of all, power laws on the web make two assumptions, that the network is growing and that people tend to link to sites that have the most links. Laszlo cites work by Paul Krapivsky and Sid Redner from Boston University, working with Francois Leyvraz from Mexico,

generalized preferential attachment to account for the possibility that linking to a node would not be simply proportional to the number of links the node has but would follow some more complicated function. They found that such efforts can destroy the power law characterizing the network.

He goes on to talk about Google coming in as a latecomer in the search game and how "fitness" or the likelihood that someone will link to you is not entirely determined by your existing position on the power law curve and that a site worthy of connecting to can quickly scale the power law curve if it exhibits exceptional fitness. All disruptive technologies and innovations break power law curves by exhibiting exceptional fitness.

If you think about the power law as themes or ideas instead of people and you think about fitness as the level in which an idea resonates with people, the power law could be viewed as an amplifier for ideas and memes that are sufficiently interesting. Because fitness so influences a nodes ability to climb the power law, I think the notion that I described in the Emergent Democracy paper, where the tail of the curve is where the creativity happens and the power law is how an idea whose time has come goes main stream still makes sense. I think the key to making the system "fair" is to make sure the tail is as inclusive as possible and to try to encourage technology and norms to value fitness over simply linking to those who are popular. As Ross shows in his three layers of creative, social and political, I think the power law is the final amplification part. In fact, the tail of the power law, the creative layer and the social layer where the initial deliberation occurs might be where we should be focusing our energies.

I have a feeling that the blog power law is like a real-time amplifier. I think it is key to note that nodes that lose the fitness that got them there in the first place retire very quickly and that fitness is amplified in scale-free networks. If we architect blogs to allow the amplifier to be sensitive to positive fitness and quickly retire irrelevant blogs, it will be a good amplifier. If the Technorati top 100 is the Marshall amp, maybe we should be talking about the guitar?

San Diego Advisor Releases New Equity
Compensation Book “Stock Options +
Grants: The Executive’s Guide to Equity
Compensation”

San Diego Advisor Releases New Equity
Compensation Book “Stock Options +
Grants: The Executive’s Guide to Equity
Compensation” 07/13/2004 03:51 AM
New book released to help answer the tough questions surrounding stock options and grants. Essential for any advisor or employee dealing with stock options in this turbulent market. [PRWEB Jul 13, 2004]

Search Marketing Techniques, Deceptive
Advertising Laws & Other Laws

Search Marketing Techniques, Deceptive
Advertising Laws & Other Laws 03/22/2005 04:39 PM

The private stuff Test pilot ready to
become the world's first private
spaceman

The private stuff Test pilot ready to
become the world's first private
spaceman 06/21/2004 04:27 AM
BBC Jun 21 2004 8:53AM GMT

Jennifer Lopez And Her "Private" Private
Life

Jennifer Lopez And Her "Private" Private
Life 03/23/2005 10:38 PM
“Jennifer Lopez: No more ‘soap opera’ Singer and actress wants to keep private life private” Celebrities. You gotta love ‘em. “I don’t want to talk about anything that is personal or private at all, because what’s the use? You’re open with people, and then they try and make a soap opera out of your life,” Lopez said in an interview with The Associated Press, according to CNN.com….

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Equity Analysis Tool

Equity Analysis Tool 07/26/2004 12:28 AM
Alpha version released

Return on Equity: The Basics

Return on Equity: The Basics 04/06/2005 10:02 AM
Let ROE be your crystal ball when evaluating stocks.

The Digital Equity Toolkit

The Digital Equity Toolkit 07/01/2004 05:26 AM
The Digital Equity Toolkit
http://nici-mc 2.org/de_toolkit/pages/toolkit.htm

The toolkit points educators to free and inexpensive, high quality resources that help address the digital divide in the classroom and community. The toolkit, edited by Joy Wallace, senior associate at the National Institute for Community Innovations, is made possible in part through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology) and Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs. We are committed to continually enhancing the toolkit's contents; therefore, you may want to consider revisiting the toolkit at least monthly as new resources are added each week. Printed copies of the toolkit have been made available through funding generously provided by the AOL Time Warner Foundation, a leader in bridging the digital divide. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

Multinational won't sell equity yet

Multinational won't sell equity yet 06/07/2004 10:04 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 8 2004 2:38AM GMT

what the hell do the Liberals know about
equity and accountability

what the hell do the Liberals know about
equity and accountability 04/10/2005 02:33 AM
read all about how the Liberals misappropriated taxpayers' money .. up to their earlobes in the shit .. CBC News' backgrounder .. sponsorship scandal .. sense

cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction
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Equity, Ambivalence, and Bombing for
Peace

Equity, Ambivalence, and Bombing for
Peace 03/19/2003 10:24 PM
You know how the NY Times wrote a few hundred words about each and every person who died in the attack on the World Trade Center? Suppose the Times were to accord each Iraqi civilian we kill the same dignity. Of course the Iraqi victims will be unintended casualties, unlike those who died on 9/11. But, they are predictable unintended casualities, so why not remind us of the price of victory? Why not remind us that an Iraqi father searching for his child in the rubble is no different from my friend who waited for a phone call from his...

Microsoft Seen to Have Given Up Equity
Investment in KT Corp

Microsoft Seen to Have Given Up Equity
Investment in KT Corp 12/30/2003 06:14 AM
Yonhap News Dec 30 2003 4:41AM ET

Loudeye obtains $20 million in equity
financing

Loudeye obtains $20 million in equity
financing 02/17/2004 05:14 PM
InternetRetailer.com Feb 17 2004 9:33PM GMT

Technology-for-equity tax scares away
foreign investors

Technology-for-equity tax scares away
foreign investors 05/26/2004 10:34 PM
China Post May 27 2004 2:23AM GMT

Satyam Computers allots equity shares

Satyam Computers allots equity shares 09/23/2004 04:41 AM
MyIris Sep 23 2004 9:23AM GMT

Equity Taps CRM for Tracking Condo Sales

Equity Taps CRM for Tracking Condo Sales 04/13/2004 12:40 AM
National property manager invests in a CRM system from Microsoft to track sales leads, identify successful marketing tactics, monitor the sales cycle and more.

DirecTV sells its equity stake in TiVo

DirecTV sells its equity stake in TiVo 06/08/2004 06:58 PM
CNET Jun 8 2004 10:08PM GMT

Satyam Computer allots equity shares

Satyam Computer allots equity shares 09/20/2004 04:34 AM
MyIris Sep 20 2004 7:34AM GMT

Fimat Accesses Equity Option Markets

Fimat Accesses Equity Option Markets 12/22/2003 08:58 AM
Technology For Finance Dec 22 2003 8:06AM ET

Satyam Computer board allots equity
shares

Satyam Computer board allots equity
shares 07/03/2004 03:34 AM
MyIris Jul 3 2004 7:12AM GMT

MAN AG, Rheinmetall and T-Online
International: German Equity Preview

MAN AG, Rheinmetall and T-Online
International: German Equity Preview 09/06/2004 07:22 AM
Einnews.com - Mon Sep 6, 10:12 am GMT

Automated Workflow goes for equity swap
with Silicon Plain

Automated Workflow goes for equity swap
with Silicon Plain 08/08/2004 03:44 PM
The Hindu Business Line Aug 8 2004 8:24PM GMT

NTT DoCoMo Buys Equity Stake in Linux
Developer

NTT DoCoMo Buys Equity Stake in Linux
Developer 12/24/2004 01:02 PM
Linux Insider Dec 23 2004 7:39PM GMT

Tantalus Signs Agent Agreement with
Equity Utility Service

Tantalus Signs Agent Agreement with
Equity Utility Service 06/22/2004 03:24 PM
BC Technology Jun 22 2004 8:17PM GMT

Fraport, IKB, ProSiebenSat1, Salzgitter,
United Internet: Equity Preview

Fraport, IKB, ProSiebenSat1, Salzgitter,
United Internet: Equity Preview 08/13/2004 05:22 AM
Einnews.com - Fri Aug 13, 09:01 am GMT

Rogers equity issue expected to fund
wireless buyback

Rogers equity issue expected to fund
wireless buyback 06/11/2004 10:01 AM
globetechnology.com Jun 11 2004 2:20PM GMT

Ventana to Present at the Wachovia
Securities Nantucket Equity Conference

Ventana to Present at the Wachovia
Securities Nantucket Equity Conference 06/24/2005 03:04 PM
Market Wire Jun 23 2005 11:24PM GMT

IBM Reports 2005 First-Quarter Results;
Reflects Expensing of Equity
Compensation

IBM Reports 2005 First-Quarter Results;
Reflects Expensing of Equity
Compensation 04/15/2005 12:28 PM
ZDNet India Apr 15 2005 4:28PM GMT

Retail supply chain vendor TradeCard
gets $10 million equity financing

Retail supply chain vendor TradeCard
gets $10 million equity financing 11/18/2003 05:55 AM
InternetRetailer.com Nov 18 2003 4:58AM ET

Internet Business agrees 500,000 stg
credit equity line with Cornell Capital

Internet Business agrees 500,000 stg
credit equity line with Cornell Capital 08/09/2004 05:40 AM
Iii.co.uk - Mon Aug 9, 07:19 am GMT

Oil Users, Hyunju Computer, Hynix, LG
Card: South Korean Equity Preview

Oil Users, Hyunju Computer, Hynix, LG
Card: South Korean Equity Preview 12/29/2004 08:44 PM
Bloomberg Dec 30 2004 12:10AM GMT

Crivello Group, LLC Announces Equity
Investment in Ventures National, Inc.
dba Titan General Holdings, Inc.

Crivello Group, LLC Announces Equity
Investment in Ventures National, Inc.
dba Titan General Holdings, Inc. 08/30/2004 02:26 AM
Frank Crivello pruchased 700,000 common shares of Ventures National, Inc.,Titan General Holding,Inc., from the former CEO and President in a negotiated transaction. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004]
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