Strategic Forecasting, Inc. was founded in 1996 by national security and intelligence expert Dr. George Friedman. Strategic Forecasting, which does business as Stratfor, publishes global intelligence information through its subscription-based Web site, Stratfor.com. The site's content (geopolitical analysis, industry and country forecasts, terrorism intelligence, and real-time situation reports) is designed to help businesses, trade associations, government agencies, and individuals reduce risk and identify business opportunities. Stratfor offerings include online subscriptions to content, as well as custom-tailored consulting projects. It also provides weekly intelligence reports via e-mails based on geopolitics and security.

Wall Street extends beyond Manhattan's financial district and into the ether through The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (WSJDN). The division operates WSJ.com, the online version of the leading business daily The Wall Street Journal. Launched in 1996, it is one of the first websites to be accessible only to paying users; with more than one million subscribers it is the largest paid subscription news site on the Internet. (It also sells advertising.) In addition to WSJ.com, WSJDN includes MarketWatch (business news); SmartMoney (personal finance); Barrons.com (investment information); and AllThingsD.com (new media). WSJDN is owned by Dow Jones & Company, itself a part of media conglomerate News Corp.

Johnson & Johnson owns BabyCenter, which was founded in 1997 by Matt Glickman and Mark Selcow. BabyCenter company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001. If the parenting information you're getting from other sources is a bit too infantile, turn to BabyCenter. BabyCenter company operates Web sites for parents of infants and young children. Its BabyCenter.com, Baby.com, and Pregnancy.com sites contain content for parents of offspring from pre-conception through age eight. The sites also include the BabyCenter Community feature for interactive communication, advice, and support. BabyCenter additionally has several international sites, and a retail partnership with Diapers.com to sell clothing and baby products online.

BroadVision, Inc. develops, markets, and supports enterprise portal applications. Its applications enable companies to unify their e-business infrastructure and conduct both interactions and transactions with employees, partners, and customers through a personalized self-service model. The company’s solutions include business agility suite, which enables interaction with visitors through personalized views of information, resources, and business processes stored in diverse internal and external legacy information systems. It also offers commerce agility suite that allows businesses to manage business-to-business and business-to-consumer channels through a single solution; OnDemand solution that provides visibility and agility for various members of organizations to collaborate; Clearvale, an integrated Enterprise 2.0 platform; and QuickSilver, which provides features for creation and publishing of documents supporting multiple output formats. In addition, BroadVision offers application services, including commerce services to display product offerings and transact business on Web sites; portal services to provide end users with a personalized and intuitive navigation as they interact with business; process services that extend Web capabilities, and transforms processes and collaborations into Web-based self-service applications; and content services to manage Web content. Further, the company provides staging services to simplify the process of moving content from multiple systems to the production environment; eMerchandising to create, manage, and implement sales discounts while maintaining oversight over profitability; and search solution that provides text and field searching of online content. BroadVision serves financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications industries in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. BroadVision, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

The Gallery of History was incorporated in 1981. Founder, chairman, and CEO Todd Axelrod owns about 90% of the company. Those who don't know the Gallery of History are doomed to buy their memorabilia from another auction house. Gallery of History auctions autographs, memorabilia, and manuscripts from artists, authors, athletes, entertainers, politicians, and scientists, among other notable figures. Its inventory of about 190,000 items have included baseballs autographed by Hank Aaron, letters written by Albert Einstein, and signed photos from Cecil B. De Mille. Although the Internet is its primary sales channel, the Gallery of History also offers autographs and manuscripts through a retail gallery, located at its headquarters.

EasyStreet Online Services, Inc. was founded in 1995 by president Rich Bader. EasyStreet Online Services wants to make it easier than ever to manage your online presence. The company offers Internet access and other data services to small and midsized businesses in Oregon. It provides dial-up, dedicated, and DSL connections, as well as Web hosting, data center services, colocation, and network monitoring. EasyStreet pairs its core offerings with a variety of related services such as anti-spam, anti-virus, and digital backup offerings.

OnlineAuction.com formed in 1998 by Chris Fain, a former auctioneer and online auction seller. Looking to play David to eBay's Goliath, OnlineAuction.com offers an online auction marketplace for buyers and sellers of everything from collectibles to real estate. OnlineAuction, aka OLA, charges sellers a flat monthly or yearly fee to list items for sale; it hosts the usual online auction fare as well as cars, RVs, and residential and commercial properties. OLA's site also offers a chat room where buyers and sellers can share ideas, and what it says is a simplified fee structure, invoicing, and bidding system.

Lelands is the largest and most respected Sports Auction House in the world. We have handled such landmark collections as The Mickey Mantle Auction of the Greer Johnson Collection ($1.3M), The Harry M. Stevens Auction ($1.8M), and the famed Boston Garden Auction ($2M total sales). We have also auctioned important individual pieces like The Babe Ruth Sale Document ($99,000), Mickey Mantle's 1960 Jersey ($111,100) and perhaps the single most famous transaction in sports memorabilia history, the sale of the infamous "Mookie Ball" to the actor Charlie Sheen for $93,500. Over the past five years, Lelands has sold over $40 million worth of vintage sports memorabilia and cards.We have also handled important collections of all types, not just sports. This includes The Howdy Doody Auction featuring the collections of Buffalo Bob Smith, Lew "Clarabell" Anderson, propmaster Scott Brinker & producer Roger Muir. In this auction we sold one of the original Howdy Doody puppets for over $113,000. Lelands has also conducted highly successful charity auctions for the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), and Major League Baseball (where we auctioned "on-site" the uniforms worn in Baltimore's 1993 All-Star Game).

Everyday Health wants to be your virtual apple a day. The online health information provider operates a couple dozen websites that give free and subscription-based advice regarding fitness, nutrition, and treatment options to millions of monthly visitors. Its websites -- including EverydayHealth.com, JillianMichaels.com, and SouthBeachDiet.com -- allow consumers to search health topics (including symptoms) and join online communities. Everyday Health generates its revenues primarily from advertising fees, sponsorships, and subscriptions. Everyday Health, Inc. partners with health websites such as Drugstore.com to provide additional audiences for its advertisers. Everyday Health withdrew plans to go public in 2010.

Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone co-founded Twitter in 2006. Here's less than 140 characters for ya: trivial texts or not, every one's all a-twitter about tweeting. Twitter operates a free digital service site that blends social networking with the ability to post short messages (or micro-blogs) limited to 140 characters or less, commonly known by users as "Tweets." Twitter's service is designed for use on personal computers and via mobile devices, such as iPhone and BlackBerry smart phones. When accessed through the Internet, Tweets are published on a poster's personal Web page. Tweets can be restricted to select viewers, or viewed by anyone.

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