Reknowned Enterprise 2.0 thought leader, Dr Andrew McAfee has joined Xpree’s Board of Advisors. Andrew is an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty of the Technology and Operations Management Unit at HBS in 1998. His research investigates how managers can most effectively select, implement, and use Information Technology (IT) to achieve [...]

We are pleased to announce a new member of the Xpree family. Leslie Fine joins as our VP of Market Design, and comes to us after 8 years at HP Labs, where she was the lead researcher responsible for the BRAIN product. BRAIN is HP’s prediction market solution and is a groundbreaking technology in the [...]

I was asked to attend a conference on Open Innovations, a topic in which we here at Xpree have some interest. The venue for the event could not have been more appropriate: the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Speakers included innovators from Max Mancini from eBay, Rich Friedrich from HP Labs, Roy Levin [...]

Back in May I attended a conference organized by the Corporate Executive Board. I was on a panel with Nate from Inkling about using Prediction Markets in corporations. Lots of fun. After my talk, Mr Greenspan slipped me a few ideas for prediction markets which we are now incorporating into the product. Stay tuned for [...]

Forrester published a paper on Prediction Markets about 3 weeks ago, well worth a read. The paper highlights: The history of PM Why PM are a useful addition to the “market research toolbox” (I also think that they are a valuable addition to any risk mitigation toolbox Success factors for a good PM Some examples [...]