Initially, the technology press will be targeted, but the benefits of the product are widespread enough to attract mainstream media coverage. It is widely believed that writing a business plan is a waste of time, because: 1) very few people will read it, and 2) you’ll end up changing it along the way. This This is all mostly true. MORE >>

Clearly, other social media companies with business models that rely on display or feed based advertising are comparables. Thus if you believe the internet perspective over the Wall Street perspective, you’d likely believe that Facebook and social media in general is undervalued by the public markets. startups MORE >>

From my March 16 blog post “ The myth of the overnight success “: Angry Birds was Rovio’s  52nd game. They spent eight years and almost went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites in history, but struggled for a long time. No link or attribution. startups MORE >>

Solve Media turns the hassle of registration into an engaging marketing event. Convertro is working on properly attributing online purchases “up the funnel&# from sites that harvest intent (search, coupon sites) to sites that generate intent (media, commerce guides). As usual, though, the best ideas are coming from startups. MORE >>

Hence bundled pricing works best in highly “taste-based” goods like media, and wouldn’t have any benefit for fully commoditized goods (e.g. The assumption seems to be that bundling is an artifact of another era when distribution was physical. Otherwise the buyer wouldn’t benefit from the purchase. in the bundle. MORE >>