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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Search Boston Seed Stage Seattle 100

Genuine VC

JUNE 22, 2011

Are they funky and hip, as many media investors’ are, parallel to the domain in which they invest? And of course, the location means a lot too, sending an important signal about priorities and audience. Or do they look more traditional, conveying a sense of heritage and longevity?

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Seed Stage Boston Incubator Portfolio 123

Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

And so I thought it would be good post to highlight what are some very important uber-trends which starting to emerge in the digital media space. Couple these and other demographic shifts together and the internet audience of today looks very different in the not-so-distant future. Mobile consumption of information.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

There is certainly a natural progression of the web as a media outlet and how we use it – we first learned to receive information with this new medium, then we learned to look for it proactively. At the end of the day, widgets are merely one arrow in an online advertisers’ quiver, not the only shotgun.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 3, 2008

There is certainly a natural progression of the web as a media outlet and how we use it – we first learned to receive information with this new medium, then we learned to look for it proactively. At the end of the day, widgets are merely one arrow in an online advertisers’ quiver, not the only shotgun.

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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. ” If you were to count off the major trends on the web today, fragmentation (both publisher and resulting audience traffic) would be near the top of the list.

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