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Why Twitter is A Media Company ? AGILEVC

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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.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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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. People have been selling software over the web for awhile and indirect selling via screensharing and webinar, etc isn’t new.

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

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Again there’s three fundamental ways to make money in consumer-facing internet businesses: you can sell people stuff in a physical realm (e-commerce), you can indirectly monetize consumer attention (media or ad-based), or you can provide online software & services that consumers pay for (premium services).

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Our Investment in The Outline

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Today we announced our investment in The Outline, a new digital media company founded by CEO Josh Topolsky. The internet is about 20 years old but most digital media companies simply replicate the model of legacy print media businesses only without the printing press. He fits right in there.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

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And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga. Bankers licked their chops. VCs dreamt of liquidty. Life was good. How diffferent 2H 2011 looks.

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The Future of Internet & Cars

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Cars as a Media Platform – Again I think infotainment is only the tip of the spear but cars have been a media platform for many decades, since the advent of AM radios. Internet connectivity is turning them into a more individualized and more comprehensive kind of media platform.

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Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

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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.

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