Michael Birch
Michael Birch
Michael Birch is an English computer programmer and entrepreneur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 July 1970
assets bit brown expect fair involved rail tells
Those rail assets are being used to funnel commodities all over the place. With Babcock & Brown involved it tells you that they expect a fair bit of growth.
expecting further investors rate sold stocks
Everyone is nervous. Not many investors were expecting further rate increases, but now stocks are being sold on that basis.
silicon
I have always been very tech-focused, which you may almost say is the traditional CEO in Silicon Valley.
connect signing
For it to be fun, you have to connect with your friends. So you badger them into signing up.
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The problem with Myspace was always that it was never as strong a product as it needed to be. It left itself vulnerable to competition. It was only a matter of time before someone created something better.
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With the miners looking shaky, the temptation is to look elsewhere; either for earnings certainty or for relative underperformance, and the banks have that in spades.
buying companies company goes mining next related soon
Any company that goes through an integration, buying a new business, there are always risks. So as soon as we see that bedded down, a lot more comfortable we'll be. We still think that mining services, companies related to resources, will do really well next year.
resources strength
Resources have underpinned the strength of the market.
want website backgrounds
I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.
running ambition starting-up
I don't have any great ambition to go out and make money. But I am still fascinated in starting up businesses and starting it in a way and running in a way that I want to do it.
trying way viruses
I wanted to build something that was a system - that was mechanical and would propagate itself like a virus. I needed a way for it spread from person to person, and the best way to do that was trying to get someone to get their friends to sign up.
people edginess edgy
Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.
kids exercise thinking
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
simple alarms site
Birthday Alarm was a very simple site based on being reminded of your friends' birthdays.