Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s been over 10 years since Napster came on the scene to disrupt traditional music business models, sparking a wave of debate on the right mix of “free” vs “paid” content going forward with digital that has yet to be fully settled. In the shift to digital music, several models emerged, with the jury still out on the clear winner.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2016

Much of the investor concern over Hortonworks ‘ valuation remains a persistent concern that the company’s pure-play open source business model doesn’t work. Both companies offer Hadoop distributions, but Cloudera has been much more willing to offer proprietary add-ons to complement its open source platform.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

by Sarah Lacy on February 26, 2012. But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. That’s the beauty of a great content business.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The pre money valuations on the two deals were close enough to be a wash, but the ability to accelerate the business at twice the speed would have been a real differentiator. The founders focused too much on dilution and on Barbara’s clever ideas on a dimension (marketing) that was not critical to the business.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. An eponymous book (e.g.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

26 September 2012. To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and countless others employ this model. 26 September 2012 at 10:10 am. #. 26 September 2012 at 10:35 am. #.

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