Agile VC
MARCH 18, 2012
Why Twitter is A Media Company. CEO Dick Costolo famously said that Twitter is not a media company about six weeks ago at the AllThingsD conference. To be fair, Costolo said that Twitter isn’t a media company but is “in the media business” To some that may be a distinction without a difference.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 27, 2011
But as social media continues to pervade businesses large and small, and purchase decisions increasingly happen at the user level (see #2) we will see dramatically more customer acquisition happen via the web. GrabCAD has used search optimization to drive the bulk of it’s user acquisition, very similar to the way Yelp and others did.
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Agile VC
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga. Bankers licked their chops.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.
Agile VC
JANUARY 3, 2013
There are several things I prefer over Apple’s Safari, including the bookmark and search history sync with my other Chrome usage (on laptop) and some small UI touches. They further had to open up IE to allow consumer choice of embedded services like search and media players.
Agile VC
AUGUST 1, 2012
About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement.
Agile VC
MAY 23, 2012
In the wake of the undue frenzy leading up to and now ex post recriminations about Facebook’s IPO, the mainstream media and normal folks keep wondering if the non-existent “bubble” for internet companies has now popped. The internet has already had meaningful impact on industries ranging from commerce to media to software.
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