It's the same as the investors who have stopped obsessing about the stock market. Deflating negative hype is essentially about keeping a healthy perspective on all the factors that drive an industry and the larger economy. That perspective is especially critical in the tech industry whose normalcy baseline was got stuck too high during a fantastic confluence of market, cultural and technological breakthroughs at the turn of the century. Not that we're advocating handing hugs and kisses out on every company, but just reminding ourselves and readers that business ideas and possibilities have their place, and that innovation goes on even during this readjustment to reality in the marketplace, as well as the reality of a slowing economy. His company, a real-time, online portfolio management system for collectibles, is an extension of his success with trade publishing about the collectibles industry.
People can track the value of collectibles and manage what they own on the site.
Eventually, they'll be able to transact. The perspective on Shamus and his start-up is his passion about collecting, and an established track record of building a successful database of customers just as enthused about the collectibles market. The company is using financial data with a laser-like focus on a marketplace that is perfectly suited for the Web medium. Already in the works are charting, price and transaction histories about the hottest items in collectibles such as sports cards, video games and comic books for starters. RestauranTrade is another company presenting, which we have covered.