Comments for abovethecrowd.com http://abovethecrowd.com ...focusing on the evolution and economics of high technology business and strategy. By day, I am a venture capitalist at Benchmark Capital. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by Eric Ver Ploeg http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1557 Eric Ver Ploeg Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:06:29 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1557 I completely agree with the main points of this post. But the headline seems off-base, at least from the perspective of an entrepreneur deciding where spend their precious cycles. "iPhone or Android?" is exactly the question they have to ask and answer. While iPhone has a clear installed base advantage, the momentum, breadth of coming headsets, superior business model (at least from the perspective of gaining market share), and easier/faster app approval process, are increasingly pointing to Android being the rational first choice for app developers. I completely agree with the main points of this post. But the headline seems off-base, at least from the perspective of an entrepreneur deciding where spend their precious cycles. “iPhone or Android?” is exactly the question they have to ask and answer. While iPhone has a clear installed base advantage, the momentum, breadth of coming headsets, superior business model (at least from the perspective of gaining market share), and easier/faster app approval process, are increasingly pointing to Android being the rational first choice for app developers.

]]> Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by Mobile OS Wars, Part 2 of 3 – Carrier Combat « SlalomWorks http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1556 Mobile OS Wars, Part 2 of 3 – Carrier Combat « SlalomWorks Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:15:13 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1556 [...] devices from all four carriers. In this battleground, who wins the mobile OS wars? Here’s a great blog post that states my point of view as eloquently as anything I could write [...] [...] devices from all four carriers. In this battleground, who wins the mobile OS wars? Here’s a great blog post that states my point of view as eloquently as anything I could write [...]

]]> Comment on How To Monetize a Social Network: MySpace and Facebook Should Follow TenCent by Alex Dean http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/03/09/how-to-monetize-a-social-network-myspace-and-facebook-should-follow-tencent/#comment-1554 Alex Dean Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:30:32 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=135#comment-1554 Interesting article. I wasn't aware that LindenLabs was so profitable - it feels to me that the reason there is that SecondLife is both a social community but also a market - it's lowered the bar to content creation and so a lot of users make the leap to become creators/merchants. A network which internalises value chains can satisfy user needs and make money in the way that a community of general users (or worse, a narrow interest group) can't. Forgive the plug but we've written on this in detail on <a href="http://www.keplarllp.com/blog/2010/02/monetising-your-community-site-through-value-chain-mapping" rel="nofollow">our Keplar (UK digital consultancy) blog</a>. Interesting article. I wasn’t aware that LindenLabs was so profitable – it feels to me that the reason there is that SecondLife is both a social community but also a market – it’s lowered the bar to content creation and so a lot of users make the leap to become creators/merchants.

A network which internalises value chains can satisfy user needs and make money in the way that a community of general users (or worse, a narrow interest group) can’t. Forgive the plug but we’ve written on this in detail on our Keplar (UK digital consultancy) blog.

]]> Comment on What Is Really Happening to the Venture Capital Industry? by Rosella Cooper http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/08/24/what-is-really-happening-to-the-venture-capital-industry/#comment-1553 Rosella Cooper Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:47:26 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=439#comment-1553 I Will have to come back again when my class load lets up - even so I am taking your RSS feed so I can read your site offline. Thanks. I Will have to come back again when my class load lets up – even so I am taking your RSS feed so I can read your site offline. Thanks.

]]> Comment on A Really Interesting Online Education Company in Korea: Megastudy by shyam http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/06/02/a-really-interesting-online-education-company-in-korea-megastudy/#comment-1551 shyam Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:05:57 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=310#comment-1551 i seen something similar in India. they traing students for competitive exams..www.smartlearnwebtv.com i seen something similar in India. they traing students for competitive exams..www.smartlearnwebtv.com

]]> Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by Stuck in Android Limbo | OverExpressed http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1545 Stuck in Android Limbo | OverExpressed Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:56:54 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1545 [...] made some good strides for openness and data portability.  Google is definitely in a strong position to revolutionize the mobile phone [...] [...] made some good strides for openness and data portability.  Google is definitely in a strong position to revolutionize the mobile phone [...]

]]> Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by SiliconANGLE — Blog — Even with Android and Nexus One, Google Still has Apple Envy http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1544 SiliconANGLE — Blog — Even with Android and Nexus One, Google Still has Apple Envy Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:46:49 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1544 [...] threat to Apple’s iPhone, I agree with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital that this is the wrong question to try to answer as Apple and Google are taking very different approaches to the mobile [...] [...] threat to Apple’s iPhone, I agree with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital that this is the wrong question to try to answer as Apple and Google are taking very different approaches to the mobile [...]

]]> Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by Even with Android and Nexus One, Google Still has Apple Envy « @ the intersection http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1539 Even with Android and Nexus One, Google Still has Apple Envy « @ the intersection Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:39:44 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1539 [...] threat to Apple’s iPhone, I agree with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital that this is the wrong question to try to answer as Apple and Google are taking very different approaches to the mobile market. [...] [...] threat to Apple’s iPhone, I agree with Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital that this is the wrong question to try to answer as Apple and Google are taking very different approaches to the mobile market. [...]

]]> Comment on Android or iPhone? Wrong Question by Anon http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/01/05/android-or-iphone-wrong-question/#comment-1538 Anon Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:57:20 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=550#comment-1538 Rarely do I read an article and think, this writer is brilliant. One of those times. Nice work, right or wrong. Rarely do I read an article and think, this writer is brilliant. One of those times. Nice work, right or wrong.

]]> Comment on Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model by Windows Mobile 7 y el dudoso futuro de Microsoft en el móvil | Recolector.de Blogs http://abovethecrowd.com/2009/10/29/google-redefines-disruption-the-%e2%80%9cless-than-free%e2%80%9d-business-model/#comment-1537 Windows Mobile 7 y el dudoso futuro de Microsoft en el móvil | Recolector.de Blogs Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:32:03 +0000 http://abovethecrowd.com/?p=492#comment-1537 [...] tienen que pagar licencia y además ganan dinero por comisión en las búsquedas de los usuarios (abovethecrowd tiene un excelente artículo sobre esta estrategia). En el otro lado tenemos los sistemas [...] [...] tienen que pagar licencia y además ganan dinero por comisión en las búsquedas de los usuarios (abovethecrowd tiene un excelente artículo sobre esta estrategia). En el otro lado tenemos los sistemas [...]

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