Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. Put aside the frauds and hucksters — time and transparency will cause them to shake out — and obviously not every business model is a fit for an ICO. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. Put aside the frauds and hucksters — time and transparency will cause them to shake out — and obviously not every business model is a fit for an ICO. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Two days ago it was Jaiku being bought by Google and this morning CBS announced that it is buying Dotspotter , a 10 month old gossip blog. This is the point where you have built a nice service or product, gotten a number of users, but have not really monetized it or created a scalable business model that can drive profits.

Net Present Value 60

Net Present Value Strategic Investors Early Stage Revenue 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. The creation of content, but especially the sharing of content became a zero cost game.

Generative AI 142

Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142