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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. Sure, you need to start with talent.

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Internet 291

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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.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

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JUNE 20, 2014

I was an early and tireless advocate for the growth of the Internet video ecosystem and as virtually every article I wrote made clear I believe the 800-pound-gorilla is YouTube and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The Internet works best on Deflationary Economics. So Why MiTú?

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South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

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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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

It’s the most profound book I’ve read on thinking about how the Internet is changing business. In Netflix’s case this is their DVD distribution business. Incumbents can’t react. If you haven’t read his book please do yourself a favor and buy it.

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Los Angeles Revenue Retention Acquisition 329

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. Mobile is another very important distribution place for the internet and Meebo is on the iPhone, Android, and BB. He’s open and insightful with his knowledge.

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

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APRIL 15, 2010

They bought distribution and engineering talent. You go onto the Internet and can control what people hear on terrestrial radio. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. Twitter bough their most used iPhone client. No big surprise. Atebits had one person if I understand correctly.

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

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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. most Internet connections have been asymmetric & optimized for downloads). think Apple. million views). Think Zork.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I set up my laptop, connected to the Internet, opened the compulsory 15 page PowerPoint deck and waited for my adoring fans. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Folksonomy.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). 6:00 – 7:30).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, distributions to LPs have been pushed out a few years but the value capture in privates by the best VC firms (and best LPs) has been enormous. There are significantly more Internet users and we’re no longer newbies b. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. Want some context?

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JUNE 17, 2017

Is the revenue dependent on a concentrated set of distribution partners or platforms that put future revenue at risk? The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). The example chart is not actually atypical. What did they actually do?

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Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

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JUNE 6, 2012

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. This was how companies who produced media became big before the Internet. That couldn’t happen without the advent of lower cost production & distribution.

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Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Our publisher distribution network reaches in the tens of millions of unique users and is comprised of “head end&# stars as well as many “mid tier&# and “long tail&# publishers. They already had a completed product and a distribution deal with the largest affiliate network company, Commission Junction.

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Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I’m still planning to write some in depth pieces on the topic but I thought, “given that this is about how video will consume the Internet over the next 5 years, what better way to exemplify this than with a 10-minute video.” The Internet changes all of that. I recently gave a talk about the Future of Television.

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Los Angeles Florida Flash Video 371

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

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MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? Cars Direct / Internet Brands.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. They were frustrated that despite having the (monopoly) infrastructure that brought you the Internet, the majority of innovation and profits went to Silicon Valley startups. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely. To an extent.

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

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MAY 1, 2014

” Bill Gross, who is one of the Godfathers of the Internet, once told me, “ If you don’t design a product that is 10x better than the competition then you’ll never build anything truly big or amazing.” ” That’s what we’ve set out to build at MakeSpace. 10x the experience.

Technical Review 380

Technical Review Software Review Cofounder CTO Hire 380

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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.

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Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

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JULY 10, 2010

Michael’s view (full details in the video) is that right now there often aren’t multiple buyers for consumer Internet companies and prices often aren’t what people hope for going into the process. Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

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MAY 4, 2015

It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet. It is a household name.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review San Diego Dallas Sacramento 150

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’m investing heavily in Internet video. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. I will talk much more about Internet TV in a future post. Americans watch 5.3 hours of television / day – many age groups are even more. We read less than an hour / day.

Technical Review 295

Technical Review Employee Germany Software Review 295

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MAY 25, 2013

As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. 33% of the world is on the Internet on average of 3.1 The top 2% do not drive 98% of the returns. I have seen many slices of the data. The quickest I could find was from PitchBook. Their data looks at tech VCs.

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LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

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MAY 4, 2010

Provides application performance management (APM) software solution that helps web sites manage distributed applications in high-volume production environments; features include: application mapping, transaction flow monitoring, code-level diagnostics, and cloud orchestration. Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, Revolution LLC (Steve Case).

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. years where I developed skills building distributed systems over networks.

Europe 352

Europe France San Francisco Chicago 352

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The premise is that with the rise of Facebook on the Internet & Apple “Apps&# on mobile, the Internet is becoming more closed. web storage, elastic computing) from how you consume the Internet as a user (the front end – HTML). The Internet existed long before the World Wide Web and web browsers were created.

Web 300

Web HTML AJAX China 300

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MARCH 3, 2013

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult.

Bankruptcy 403

Bankruptcy Offshore Liquidation Preference Balance Sheet 403

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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 25, 2011

The next generation takes the baton from their patriarch’s achievements and learn how to do better distribution, how to win over large customers, how to scale manufacturing, how to develop a niche market and be known as best-in-class in that niche. Om Malik was also on the panel. As was Shel Israel. But then the world changes.

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India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. And it’s something I think you ought to consider when building your Internet businesses. Most of the Internet’s Greatest Successes Have Been Deflationary. Here’s what I mean. It’s remarkable.

Non-Compete 386

Non-Compete Startup Internet Cost 386

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MARCH 6, 2011

Helped get the first security to ever be sold over the internet with a credit card. Starting with exclusive rights to sell celebrity chef, Tyler Florence’s, line of baby food online, SproutBaby began seeing initial traction from customer interest as physical distribution spread. A Quick Look at Jody’s Previous Success.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I originally came from the entreprise software world (for 10 years) and before that I was in mobile & telecoms (8 years) so the last three years of immersing myself in consumer Internet, digital media & advertisings has been very eye opening. I learned about domain parking and how much money that drives for Google.

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Offshore Widget SEO Distribution 284

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JULY 10, 2011

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. Think of DataSift as turning the fire-hose into a cost-effective and manageable tap of running water. What does that mean?

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Tunisia Syndicate 307

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

But I do know that it will form a huge basis of the future of the Internet, how we consume media, how we communicate with friends, how we play games and how we shop. Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. The device itself will have no storage.

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Distribution Audience Video Internet 386

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I personally experienced the even more subversive side of DIGG when I learned that groups of people were actually demanding money to get stories on the DIGG homepage and I, the naive believer in online democracy and good intentions of people, learned about the black hat and gray hat monetization of the Internet. Video is the new HTML.”

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210