Nigel Eccles
About: Nigel Eccles is co-founder and CEO of Hubdub, the news prediction game. This is Nigel’s third start-up having previously played a key role in launching Flutter.com, an on-line betting exchange, which was subsequently acquired by Betfair (the world’s leading betting exchange which was valued at £1.5 billion in 2006). Subsequent to Flutter.com Nigel re-launched BETDAQ into its current number two position in the betting exchange market. Outside the betting industry Nigel has extensive experience in the media and technology industries. Immediately prior to Hubdub he was responsible for corporate strategy and business development at Johnston Press, the UK’s third largest newspaper publisher. He is very active promoter of the Scottish digital start-up scene.
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Hubdub Hot Predictions this week
--Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories ar...
Giving Thanks to all our Hubdubbers
--On this day before Thanksgiving, I just wanted to pop by to thank all of our wonderful Hubdubbers for being such loyal and devoted fans, and for he...
Somalia
--Prediction markets typically focus on the usual who’ll win the race, and by how much. On Hubdub there are some interesting topics that are of...
Digg’s crown being threatened by Hubdub upstarts
--It looks like Hubdub is proving to be quite a challenge to Digg.com, last year’s winner of Mashable’s Open Web Awards for Best Social N...
Hubdub Hot Predictions this week
--Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories ar...
Hubdub Buzz This Week
--Hubdub - the virtual bookie for time-wasting news junkies (Sunday Nov 24th 2008) Betting on the outcome of current affairs is the latest interne...
Bookmarks:
Water CSIRO sets up online water forecast market - Weekly Times Now
MediaPost Publications - LinkedIn Debuts B2B Network - 10/23/2008
Report: Social Web Usage Tipped in 2008 - ReadWriteWeb
Who’s Leading Whom? Predictive Markets Versus Polls
Great analysis showing markets leading the polls
Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model - ReadWriteWeb
KGO Newstalk Radio, San Francisco, AM 810. Local news and talk for the San Francisco Bay Area with Ronn Owens, Len Tillem, Gene Burns and more
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Matt Jones friend |





