I was doing my third tour of The Blogging Times today and caught that Charles River Ventures is “Spreading Their Seed .” Here is what I am sure is happening (I swear I have not read a post over in VC and nerdville): Oh this is a bubble! This just proves that there is too …
Tagged: Venture Capital
My Dummest Investment Ever – Cars Direct
Michael Arrington wrote a piece about his Cars Direct experience and gave it a positive review. This Company needs a lot more than positive reviews to make it’s “Bubble” investors back any money. I am always attacking when I hear the blogosphere talk about a Web 2.0 Bubble. It’s like Robert Shaw comparing shark scars …
WOULDA, COULDA , SHOULDA…
Josh Kopelman – a hugely successful Venture Capitalist (see blogroll as well) – gave us a look into a REAL life woulda coulda shoulda by posting this email from Chad Hurley, founder of YouTube: From: Chad Hurley [removed@youtube.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:09 PM To: Josh Kopelman [removed@firstround.com] Subject: Re: Great news! Hi Josh, …
K.I.S.S. advice for Entrepreneurs – "Make Something People Want"
This is timeless advice for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists when it comes to funding and starting businesses: “Make and invest in things that people want.” Forgetting the money, partners, business plans and stresses of it all – it is nice to be able to cut away all the noise for a second to think about …
I am addicted to TechMeme – Today's Viral Buzz concerns VENTURE CAPITAL – is it over?
I love TechMeme. It has all the news I want with just enough gossip and bias to make it real. If there is news in Tech, the blogosphere has it and Gabe has figured out the best way on the web to get everyone conversing. This morning I was reading about Sevin Rosen returning $250 …
Business Models – The trend in "Domino rally " plans.
Venture dude Josh Kopelman offers up some insight and strong advice when building and evaulation business models. Here is his big concern: Today, as a VC, I’ve begun to see a trend toward what I call “Domino Rally” businesses. These are business models that require a number of disparate events to occur in order to …
YouTube stays in the news – we all owe them a debt of gratitude
The NY Post is live with a YouTube story. Seems like the Company will only consider a $1.5 billion price tag. The blogosphere will be up in arms. TechMeme will have more of the links on the story. I say good for them, good for you and good for me. I am not a shareholder, …
Crowds are stupid – I am sick of the "Wisdom of Crowds" ideas and Web 4.48 funding continues unabated.
Crowds are stupid! They are loud, sweaty, smelly, will trample you at the drop of a hat and should be followed with extreme caution. Crowds are interesting to watch from afar. Like watching crazies “Run with the Bulls” in Pamplona. Do these people (this crowd) look so smart! Crowds can be fun to be a …
Seeking Alpha – I am famous!
My snarky post about the Yahoo partnership was picked up by Seeking Alpha . Yawner for traffic again :) . They sandwiched my skeptical post between the suckups at the Washington Post (a full paragraph that says nothing) and the GP of benchmark that made the investment. The Washington Post: ‘Yahoo enhanced its finance site …
The big bad on-line video trend – tough to say something so new is old?
Trader Mike (of all people :) ) just sent me a great link to a new Video site. I love this post on the brief history of on-line video . Holy shit Batman, have things moved fast. The million dollar question, is who will make the dinero. Much argument and debate occur daily in the …