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Hypothetically, if I had managed to build and sustain a profitable business and was now looking to flip it for whatever reason, where would I be able to find a reliable source to determine its intrinsic value, and would a RL Business Broker be able to gauge effectivly in a virtual economy, if that broker has never had any personal experience with SL? I'm no good with accounting only design so it's not something I would trust myself to do properly and was wondering if such a service already exsist within the SL community and if not would using a RL broker be worth it or is it far fetched?

Second Life released a newly updated Virtual Economy Metrics Excel notebook document (what no Google Documents or OpenOffice?) highlighting their various growth patterns.

With all the articles popping up about how much money people are making in Second Life and it's virtual economy, finally an article that addresses the intellectual property concerns of doing business this way, and whether or not Linden Labs's terms of service can hold up in a *real* court of law.

The Swedish Institute, an agency of the Swedish foreign ministry who spearheads global information about Sweden, announced it will be creating an official Second Life embassy. The Institute's director Olle Waestberg says the purpose is to act as an information...

Included in a new survey that Linden Labs is doing is question #3 "Would you like the option to hold or move your balances to a Second Life Branded Mastercard or Visa debit card?" While just a survey question, it implies a new direction in the integration of the SL virtual economy and the real-world one.

You may not socialize on Second Life. You may not know what Second Life is, why anyone would want one, and whether first and second lives are supposed to run consecutively or concurrently. But with businesses and research facilities now interested and millions of dollars flowing into that virtual economy each month, it's time for you to learn.