Monday
25Jan2010
The New Scottrade Ad: Look Familiar?
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:28PM 
Is it just us, or does this look like our landing page?
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:28PM Friday
15Jan2010
Kapitall Presentation at the SoHo Apple Store
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 5:54PM If you're in New York City on January 20, join us at the SoHo Apple Store for an interactive demonstration of using Kapitall. The address is 103 Prince Street @ Greene Street, and the presentation starts at 7:00pm. More details can be found on our Facebook fanpage.
Thursday
07Jan2010
Kapitall Makes Top-25 Social Media List
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:06PM Social media expert Bardi Toto has selected Kapitall as one of the top 25 sites for financial professionals, citing our unique gaming approach to trading and aptitude for connecting like-minded investors. Other standouts in the Investment category are: Feed the Bull, inviting lively discussion with its "bullish" vote button; Value Investing News, with the added bonus that users get a share of AdSense revenue; Stockpicker and Covestor, both allowing users to follow professional portfolios upon which to model their own; Social Picks and Stock Twits, which both track your favorite tickers on Twitter and help you find stock tips; and WikInvest, offering bearish and bullish arguments in addition to providing detailed company information and the latest on a number of investment sectors.
According to Toto, the best General Finance News sites are Tip'd Finance News, PF Buzz, Reddit (Financial Planning), Mixx, Twinancial and Wisebread. Their approaches vary slightly (PF Buzz takes a personal finance angle, Twinancial keeps finance tweets in one place and Wisebread has a cool interactive forum), but all excel at providing a great overview of the day's top headlines.
Toto's picks for best budget/money management are: Wesabe, a great site for making connections within its community; MoneyStrands, which allows users to easily manage money, even on-the-go; We, the Savers, geared toward connecting fellow fiscally-responsible individuals; and Google Tip Jar, a community pot of money-saving tips that users can add or take from.
For professionals looking to promote their financial services, Toto recommends: LinkedIn's Social Media and Web 2.0 in Banking and Financial Services Group; IFA Life, a great site for financial planners, wealther managers and financial advisors to interact; and Voyant, offering money management software and a place to market one's services. Rounding out the top five are ActiveRain and Sexy Insurance, tailored respectively to real estate and insurance industry professionals.
Toto caps her list with two sites that don't specialize in business or finance, but are tremendously useful for offering a broader perspective. StumbleUpon allows the user to either literally "stumble upon" a random sampling of financial websites, or streamline selections according to popularity; and Kirtsy, aimed at women, often publishes financial articles in a variety of categories, not just business and politics as per the usual.
Wednesday
02Dec2009
CEO Post: Kapitall Gets a “Geek-Preview” at MIT and the Wired Store
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 12:06PM Recently Kapitall participated in a couple of great events.
In mid-November co-founder David Neubert and I presented at MIT’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. This event is all about engaging the next generation of entrepreneurs, so it was a perfect place for us to describe how we’re launching a new way for that same generation to invest. We took an audience of students, faculty and budding entrepreneurs through our experience building Kapitall. We’re really only just starting ourselves, but it was fun to be able to share what we’ve learned along the way.
Even cooler is our participation in the 5th annual Wired Store in New York City, where you can explore our groundbreaking investing interface on a giant touchscreen. At the opening, it was great to see so many people ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the design and usability of the Playground—and moving company icons around the screen with the flick of a finger. If you’re in the city anytime soon, you should check it out – the Wired Store will be up until December 27th (at 415 West 13th Street).
It’s very gratifying to be associated with these leaders in technology and innovation!
Gaspard de Dreuzy
CEO, Kapitall
Tuesday
17Nov2009
CEO Post: Are We Trivializing a Serious Matter?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 5:54PM By Gaspard de Dreuzy
Kapitall has been live for just over three weeks, and even though we’re not actively publicizing our beta too much, we’ve already received a good deal of coverage and user feedback. Most has been really enthusiastic, but some has been a little skeptical. I think both are pretty telling.
Thursday
12Nov2009
Come See Us At The WIRED Store!
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:18PM 
It's almost time for the Fifth Annual Wired Store, where you'll find all that's new and next in the world of WIRED: Cutting-edge technology and design, and the latest in gaming, music, books, gear and gadgets.
Kapitall will also be there, displaying our investing interface on a giant touchscreen TV. So if you're in New York City between November 21 to December 27, come swing by and say hi! The details:
415 West 13th Street between (9th Avenue & Washington Street)
New York City, Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 9pm.
(Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day)
Tuesday
03Nov2009
Staying Ahead of the Curve
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:59PM Last week was another confusing one for investors, as news appeared that the U.S. economy has finally shaken off the longest recession since World War II, yet the stock market fluctuated wildly. All of this uncertainty makes Kapitall even more useful, as investors seek tools to stay on top of the markets.
Friday
30Oct2009
Tell Us: Your Favorite Kapitall Ad Campaign?
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:32PM t's still early days for our company, but we've already started playing around with a few ideas for a Kapitall ad campaign. Some of these ideas are controversial, while others are a bit more conventional. Please let us know what you think of these designs...
Friday
30Oct2009
Reflections on Our First Week
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:29PM By Gaspard de Dreuzy, CEO
Just five days in, and all of us here are thrilled to be “live” and see how Kapitall takes shape. Since launching our first generation beta on Monday, a lot of new investors have joined and, so far, the response has been enormously positive. Our new Kapitallists are already playing with many of the site’s features: building their investor profiles (DNA), creating portfolios, and customizing their playgrounds with companies and funds that interest them most. Of course, having a 200-point swing in the Dow on launch day only added to the excitement!
Some of our more enterprising users have begun establishing networks and are sharing ideas with friends and other like-minded Kapitallists. Along with our friendly, “drag and drop” interface and our intuitive tools, this makes the Kapitall experience stand apart from traditional investing sites. Kapitall is more than just a repository for stock quotes and financial data—it’s a place to make investing more interesting and more enjoyable.
We look forward to your feedback on what you like, what you think still needs work, and what you’d love to see on the site going forward. And to those of you still thinking about diving into Kapitall, come on in—it’s free to join and fun to use!
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Wednesday
28Oct2009
What Startups Are Really Like
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:02PM 
I recently got married and one of the things I didn't realize was how much advice I would get on how to have a good marriage. Co-founding a new company also illicits the same quantity of unsolicited (and yet still useful) advice. What surprised me at first, and then became completely obvious, is the similarity of the nuptial and venture advice. The number of times I have heard, "A startup is like a marriage" or "a marriage is a lifelong project" forces thinking.
Just a few of the tips I have received from both long-time married couples and successful entrepreneurs:
- Work at communication all the time.
- Choose someone you can trust in both good times and tough times.
- Have a plan for how you will resolve differences.
- This relationship will last a long time and it will take work.
- You are embarking on the most rewarding hard work you will ever have.
- Make sure you agree on how to handle additional people in your venture before you add them.
For some fantastic research on the lessons of startups, see "What Are Startups Really Like" at paulgraham.com
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