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OCTOBER 10, 2011

They are potentially different business models. The decision to split the businesses : 3 out of 5 stars. I really like the clarity of two business units – whatever you name them. They’re the “cost conscious” segment and perhaps overlapping with the “technology laggard” segment.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. In the past I have publicly commented on some specific companies that seemed over valued.

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APRIL 1, 2014

If you’ve watched any industry in the last 20 years where technology has begun to transform how the industry works the results are always predictable driven by what Clay Christensen appropriately called “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” (one of the most influential books that changed my thinking about markets).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

This is especially problematic in the Web 2.0 / Freemium world where too many company build their business models around trying to build massive scale of free customers and then convert a small share to low monthly payments. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology. I guess it has worked for some companies? Who else?).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They have to make the tough decisions about where to allocate scarce resources, what the future business model will become and how to compete with other large platforms out there. But I’m not sitting at basecamp with the Twitter staring up the mountain and making decisions about the best route to the top. They are at basecamp.

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JUNE 28, 2010

I’ve already started the business modeling. Formerly known as Fonelet Technologies. I spent a couple of days hanging out in DogPatch San Francisco and I was both impressed and envious. I shall be looking to replicate this in Los Angeles. Venture Financings we Discussed. CEO Henry Vogel (ex CRO of Quigo, and VP at Ebay).

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MAY 23, 2012

And retail, financial services, hotels, the auto industry, taxis, flowers and every inefficient or protected industry out there is being altered by technology changes that change market dynamics and create opportunities for the innovative, the nimble and the risk takers. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

They aren’t sure about your business model? VC’s (like you) are busy. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Do a 5-page PowerPoint competitive assessment. They said they’d call references but haven’t? Ask your senior customer client to proactively call them.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It is a channel disguised in business clothing. I would argue that if Apple’s app model continues to succeed it is bad for your health. You – being members of the technology community. Apple is a channel, not a business model – I see too many companies that are building iPhone App companies.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system.

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MARCH 3, 2013

He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2012

So you can imagine I see my fair share of celebrities looking to get into the technology industry. I think really Brian Lee made ShoeDazzle because without his entrepreneurial prowess the company wouldn’t have raised all the money they did, hired the tech talent that they did and had the original business model idea that they had.

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JUNE 29, 2011

If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology. Ramen profitable is good while you’re in search of a more scalable business model but is not sustainable for most companies in the long term.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Just as with the late 90s there is no new “business model” that defies the laws of gravity. Private markets have been over-valued for years.

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JULY 10, 2011

It is a must have if you’re building a technology product these days. I think that today’s journalists want a simple story: “Twitter hasn’t yet proved its business model” but I think that misrepresents the long-term value. Twitter is really the place where the public conversation is happening. It is the town hall.

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MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. But I loved reading them and so did my team. 15 minutes.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

they’ll continue to look for independent technology partners. And I think the smartest hardware providers & MSOs are the ones that will sign unique and daring partnerships with startup technology firms. We all saw what happened when technology let us buy singles on iTunes rather than whole albums pushed by record labels.

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