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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In a world of controlled distribution the powers that control the distribution can force that on consumers. The TV industry in the US is worth $350 billion in its own right. 91% of all US households pay for television bundles. This is overpriced and consumers are paying for content they don’t watch.

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JANUARY 12, 2014

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. So they’ll have to look for other competitive advantages for distribution. Underbelly.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Are you going to have the “usual&# 90-9-1 distribution, or the more radical 99-1-0.1 distribution common in some social websites? Can you achieve a more equitable distribution of, say, 80-16-4? Your only real choice here is in how you shape the inequality curve’s angle.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Distribution Social Network Networking 294

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MARCH 1, 2016

LPs have been feeling great about venture capital due to holding valuable paper positions in companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Dropbox, all of which they feel confident will drive large cash distributions in the future. Without some cash distributions, eventually LPs will become stretched.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. This narrative has been confirmed to me by several senior studio executives.

Video 292

Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

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MAY 1, 2014

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home.

Technical Review 380

Technical Review Software Review Cofounder CTO Hire 380

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. You need to think like a producer of any kind and think about distribution more broadly. ” YouTube takes 45%. Back to video.

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Networking Media Distribution Video 366

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed. The flawed assumptions are now kind of obvious but when you’re running at a thousand miles an hour it’s easy to miss some signs.

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

But getting well paying job in technology and importantly distributed all across this country is important to the future competition of the US in the world and important to helping solve our economic problems. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years.

Technical Review 295

Technical Review Employee Germany Software Review 295

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MARCH 11, 2011

GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Secondly, they had an owned & operated (O&O) website – Google.com – and Overture had shut down GoTo.com at the request of their very profitable and large distribution partners. Immediately thereafter Amazon became a large business.

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Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

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JUNE 30, 2014

We discussed several topics, but focused primarily on his background as a product manager, as well as the evolution of the production, distribution, and monetization of online video. But to make it digestible for others I’ve provided a few short clips below.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

It’s what happens to me at ePoxy since I’m very public about investing in technology companies in the video sector and they have one of the most elegant products to help with video distribution that I’ve ever seen and one of the most talented product teams I’ve worked with in LA.

Video 373

Video Valuation Differentiation Distribution 373

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. I’m spending a lot of time looking at video production & distribution because I believe this will form a larger basis of the future Internet and I believe that Hollywood & television will face large, disruptive forces.

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Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Over time if you produce compelling content you can package it up and repurpose it to distribute through other channels. You know you want to.

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Java 374

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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JULY 14, 2010

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc.

Development Team Review 323

Development Team Review SEM Channel Social Media 323

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

When I was young I thought management was about distribution/delegation of responsibilities. management IS about distribution / delegation of responsibilities. One Thing That Great Leaders Understand I was scanning Twitter this past week and I came across these great Tweets by Michael Seibel at Y Combinator.

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Leadership Distribution Engineer Management 264

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JANUARY 16, 2013

I don’t believe in distributed teams in early-stage business. I looked up his bio, “UVA, banking analyst, doing some early startup work” and thought – sure – come meet me for a coffee. I told him my strong biases. Sure, there are exceptions. Of course – some people can be remote. Not for me.

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San Francisco Jordan Angel Investor Partner 372

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APRIL 13, 2011

So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Distribution. We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Human Computer Interaction. Protocol Digital Life. Adhesive (new – Glue for Adtech).

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

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MARCH 25, 2016

dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing.

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Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But you need to think in terms of broader distribution. There are so many free Flash games now where the owners of the handset and OS wouldn’t be able to have a cut in the revenue if they were widely distributed on iPhones. And single channel businesses are vulnerable to the vagrancies of the market place.

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

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JUNE 20, 2014

I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. Nobody has figured this out better than AwesomenessTV who not only has built an enormous online media presence but also packages and distributes shows for Nickelodeon.

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South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

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DECEMBER 25, 2011

What excited me was that they had an immensely talented team that understood how to produce & distribute low-cost videos, initially via YouTube. They know this model of YouTube production & distribution better than anybody else that I’ve met in my 5 years in Los Angeles.

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Internet 291

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.” Online technology company that distributes video. So my advice to many is to study online companies that understand how to use technology for audience development, engagement, viral distribution and subscriptions. Most will fail. Here is an example.

Video 150

Video Curation Distribution Silicon Valley 150

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AUGUST 8, 2009

They tell you that they’re working on biz dev deals with distribution partners and they get the deals signed. Given that many VC’s base their decision on the team, the longer they have to get to know you the better. Over deliver - The people who get funded are the people who actually get things done. They hire key staff.

Technical Review 309

Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In Netflix’s case this is their DVD distribution business. The reason that incumbents can’t react is that their revenue and defensibility are continued by serving the high-end of the market for which it would take too much time & money for any competitors to effectively challenge.

Los Angeles 329

Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

She’ll have to quit her well-paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

China 150

China Venture Capital Framework Partner 150

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JUNE 24, 2014

I’ve been promising to relaunch a new show for the past 18 months but needed to find somebody to help me with cameras, filming, editing, distribution, etc. If you want to see any back interviews you can click on that link.

Los Angeles 288

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

“Over the Top&# video distribution – Apple TV comes out in November and is priced at $99. That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. The device itself will have no storage.

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Distribution Audience Video Internet 386

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Each distribution channel you sell products in has its own unique customer base but your goal is to build a relationship with those end customers. The distribution sources are increasing. You sell candy bars. You want to sell them in Walmart, Target and Ralphs/Vons/Safeway/Kroger …whatever your local supermarket example is.

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Aggregator Silicon Valley Distribution Video 150

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JULY 12, 2016

Distribution of wealth benefits all. Let’s focus on creating global trade agreements and then use our wealth gains to make sure that our most vulnerable are taken care of and are educated and retooled and remain productive members of society. Our startups can be “winner take most” but our societies need not be.

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MAY 4, 2015

It wins through better distribution, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, customer support, merchandising, cross-selling and ultimately on price & scale. It would hardly get a frothy reception for the first few years until it showed drones delivering the goods some 15 years later.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Diego Dallas Sacramento 150

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How Quibi is a technology platform first and then a content platform Being an investor in LA and having seen a decade’s worth of video startup ideas, one of the reasons many video startups fail is because they think they can just distribute content online the way they’ve done it offline for a hundred years, without the innovation of technology.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Mobile Video 244

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. It can’t just be videos on YouTube but I’ll be that YouTube is the distribution platform. think Apple.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

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JULY 22, 2010

This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed. Term Sheet Overview : The second most important economic term in the term sheet other than price is “liquidation preference.&# You almost certainly will have liquidation preferences if you raise VC so don’t worry about having them.

Valuation 405

Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

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JANUARY 13, 2016

In the online world the ecosystem is being fragmented into those that primarily produce content (Mitu, Vice, BuzzFeed) and those who primarily distribute it: YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, Yahoo!, AOL and the like.

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Vertical Video South America Los Angeles 150