Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Between conversations in I’ve had in the past few weeks with folks at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge about the February release of Kinect for Windows , to all the recent media coverage like this Economist article about gesture-driven interfaces and Bloomberg coverage about the device specifically, to last week Gather Education absolutely wow’ing (..)

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Between conversations in I’ve had in the past few weeks with folks at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge about the February release of Kinect for Windows , to all the recent media coverage like this Economist article about gesture-driven interfaces and Bloomberg coverage about the device specifically, to last week Gather Education absolutely wow’ing (..)

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

However, for the past couple years, the metrics of “success” with early-stage digital media startups (especially consumer-facing ones) have clearly focused on distribution, as opposed to monetization. Now the new plan for distribution is facilitation through low-cost viral strategies via Facebook and other social media.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

Ben Kunz wrote an interesting article in this week’s BusinessWeek, but it wasn’t the controversial and inaptly-named title (“ Why Widgets Don’t Work ”) which caught my attention. Rather, it was his framework for the “history of the web” which did.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

Ben Kunz wrote an interesting article in this week’s BusinessWeek, but it wasn’t the controversial and inaptly-named title (“ Why Widgets Don’t Work ”) which caught my attention. Rather, it was his framework for the “history of the web” which did.

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Web Widget Philadelphia Social Network 100

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

In a CNBC interview a few weeks ago he explained his vision : “We’re building the world’s largest niche, you know, media business. The new system will also help determine how much freelancers get paid, as it predicts how much marketers might pay to advertise on a particular article.” And niche meaning at scale.

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