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“Fantastic” beats “efficient”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Customers gleefully avoid the Blockbuster none-of-these-look-good-just-pick-one-already-zombie-walk — and NetFlix just put Blockbuster out of business — but is this a workable business model? Turning a profit at a growing company is nearly impossible regardless of business model.

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IP-Delivered TV: Are We There Yet?

Andrew Payne

I’ve always felt television, in the limit, will be delivered over IP. Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The problem isn’t technology; it’s the business model. I think they’ve got a decent shot. Browser Powered Television (2009).

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IP-Delivered TV: Are We There Yet?

Andrew Payne

I’ve always felt television, in the limit, will be delivered over IP. Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The problem isn’t technology; it’s the business model. I think they’ve got a decent shot. Browser Powered Television (2009).

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Start-up Tips: Identifying Intellectual Property, Simplified

YoungUpstarts

I’ve attended many IP seminars and conferences conducted specifically for businesses and they are generally always about Patents. read the title of an article in a prominent newspaper when they were talking of how the trademark SRK was advertised in the Trademarks Journal! SRK to get copyrighted?”

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Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

Agile VC

Also divide the world among business vs consumer usage, and then subdivide consumer into the three business models of the internet… commerce, premium services, and advertising. Businesses large and small are still figuring out how ubiquitous computing will impact their employees, customers, and business partners.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

This is why the smartest analysts thinking about the MCN space have often compared the MCNs to “ad networks” which are the middlemen who sit between advertisers and publishers and often take a 15-17.5% Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). ” Don’t.

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The Modern Approach To Account Based Marketing

ConversionXL

The book dedicates quite a few pages to the ‘customer-centric stack’ and argues that because you’re now able to know when someone is in the market for a solution like yours [via IP lookup or 1st or 3rd party intent data], you don’t need to “spam” them. Is ABM right for your business? Reverse IP Lookup.

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