Archive for July, 2009

Counter-Point to Calacanis on Yahoo-Microsoft Deal

Posted on July 29, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Jason Calacanis penned an elegant and well reasoned blog post today implying that Yahoo has committed suicide by entering into a 10-year search deal with Microsoft.  I would like to make a few points explaining why I respectfully disagree with Jason.   I believe that board rooms all over America were heavily distracted by Google’s rise. Envious of Google’s success, [...]

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I Do Not Believe that Zappos Was “Forced” to Sell

Posted on July 27, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized |

There are quite a few stories circulating in the blogosphere and Twittersphere discussing the recent acquisition of Zappos by Amazon. Some of these articles have a quite sinister and devious tone, imagining some remarkable behind-the-scenes drama that would make Spielberg pay attention. Here are two specific example: PE Hub’s “Zappos CEO Wanted To Stay Independent, Sequoia Wanted [...]

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Bill Gurley on the “Free” Business Model

Posted on July 15, 2009. Filed under: Internet, Venture Capital, Web/Tech, advertising, online video, video | Tags: |

I have been intrigued by the back and forth between Chris Anderson, Malcolm Gladwell, and Mark Cuban on the topic of “Free” as a strategy and business model. For those that haven’t read the articles and posts, I highly reccomend them all. Here they are in a list: 1) Back in February of 2008, Chris [...]

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