Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Which is, do we let a spy agency safeguard us domestically at home on the internet? I’m not sure if there’s a good answer to how would I balance the reality that it’s a totally insecure, wild, wild west on the Internet, with the idea that the privacy and anonymity of the Internet, in many countries, is really important.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
And if you accept that premise then you have to accept that the future of the Internet will be dominated by video. Content can go viral – the highest quality stuff is shared. Think of the Internet, short-formate equivalent of Discovery, NatGeo, E! Much of it already is. Not so fast. You Must Produce Your Own Videos.
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VC Cafe
JULY 5, 2011
Video is a great way to get your startup some viral visibility. According to Cisco , by 2015, one million minutes of video – the equivalent of 674 days – will cross the internet every second (!) 1) Dealery , the daily deal aggregator gets on the evening news. Amazing, no? 2) Viber , free VOIP calls from your iPhone.
abovethecrowd.com
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 4, 2020
Press releases may have been the main thing back in the day where printing was the way to pass information and before the internet became mainstream. If it is something that would excite your followers, then the information can go viral within a very short time span. The internet has not made press releases obsolete.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 14, 2009
In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. In a previous post , I covered the three main drivers of growth: Paid, Sticky, and Viral. Today, many of these businesses are suffering because the ecosystem no longer balances thanks to the Internet.
Cracking the Code
MARCH 12, 2010
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09!
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