Venture Capital
Bill Gurley on the “Free” Business Model
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 66 so far )Bill Gurley’s Online Video Market Snapshot
I recently spoke at AlwaysOn’s OnHollywood conference on the subject of today’s extremely dynamic online/Internet video world. Things are moving so amazingly fast that its extremely hard to predict specific outcomes. That said, I believe there are a number of critical issues to understand as we watch this market unfold over the next few years. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Note To Timothy Geithner: Do Startups & Venture Capitalists Really Need More Regulation?
Mr. Geithner: In the late 1990′s, in response to the obvious financial shenanigans of large companies like Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, Washington handed us the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. I have no idea how effective Sarbanes has been at reducing fraud (it obviously did not prevent our current economic malaise), but I do know one thing. Sarbox created [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 15 so far )Perfect Online Video Advertising Model: Choose Your Advertiser
Many companies and visionaries have pontificated about the future of video ads and different techniques for monetizing online videos. A big part of this is driven by the fact that while YouTube is a huge user success, its a less proven monetization success. On a recent trip to NYC, an idea came up which I can’t get [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 28 so far )Just Say No to a VC Bailout – Part 2
While I attempted to bury this issue last week, this Sunday, Thomas Friedman again used his pulpit in the New York Times Opinion section to beg for a VC Bailout. Last week he merely suggested that the government invest along side venture firms. This week, he went even further astray and suggested that the government [...]
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