Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. Internet scale. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. It allows you many more exit opportunities.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s link] Harry.
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This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2012
The company reaches more than 8 million internet users each month through some of the top applications on Facebook and other social networks. 3/15/2011 – All in on Facebook, “Your Trusted Social Media Marketing Company” Social Media Platform. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth). Gene Kim laughed at my prediction. But I digress…).
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 6, 2016
Internet hackers pose a credible threat to businesses and to their customers. The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 empowers the FTC to require collectors of personally identifiable information to provide, among other things , notice to individuals on collection practices and the purpose of such collection.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 9, 2012
When I saw folks like Fred Wilson, who has a much bigger reach than I do, and all the major internet companies lining up against it, it’s easy to think, “Well, what more can I do to add to the volume… they’ve got it covered.” Senator Schumer spoke at Internet Week in 2011.
Agile VC
AUGUST 1, 2012
This question has lingered for Facebook and other consumer internet companies in recent months. The growth of internet connected smartphones and tablets is truly astonishing. But a couple of data points for perspective… Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than all the Macs they sold in the combined 28 years previously.
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