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The Swinging Pendulum Between Distribution and Monetization

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After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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The Swinging Pendulum Between Distribution and Monetization

Genuine VC

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

Genuine VC

This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. Obviously this moniker lives on in Google’s ad network, Adsense for Content, which serves as a base for a significant chunk of Google’s revenue today.

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Are We Entering 2013 in Crunch-Mode?

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Look back to the reasons why there was a Cambrian explosion of seed funding in the first place – a dramatic reduction in the initial capital requirements to launch a new company because of cloud hosting infrastructure, social graph distribution platforms, open source and low-cost development tools/methods, etc.

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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

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Last week’s report by the Diffisuion Group , which suggested that while UCG accounts for 42% of streams but only 4% of revenue both now and for years to come, put a damper on how big a prize YouTube has triumphed in that space. But it won’t happen overnight. Herein lies the problem – how do you find good video without going to YouTube?

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Has the tide turned for YouTube/Google? (ComScore says so but doesn’t scream it) The next phase of online video

Genuine VC

Last week’s report by the Diffisuion Group , which suggested that while UCG accounts for 42% of streams but only 4% of revenue both now and for years to come, put a damper on how big a prize YouTube has triumphed in that space. But it won’t happen overnight. Herein lies the problem – how do you find good video without going to YouTube?

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