April 2009
5 posts
A New Way to Exit? →
Traditionally VCs and angel investors have made their over-sized returns in one of two of exits: IPO or acquisition (which includes mergers, asset sales, and the like). With the IPO market in what seems like eternal hibernation, acquisition has recently been the only likely exit strategy for private companies. Meet secondmarket.com, the angel investor’s new best friend. The site aims to...
Apr 28th
“Skeptics may ask why anyone would pay for something that was elsewhere available...”
– My good friend @adamholz and I had a spirited discussion in DC this past weekend about the future of print media and specifically how it can and will be monetized. While we agreed that “online presence” in itself is insufficient, we had different views as to how to get people to pay for...
Apr 24th
Immersive Real-time Experiences Across Multiple...
I don’t tout myself as a futurist, but I do have an inkling as to what it needs to look like with respect to sharing real-time experiences with others across multiple mediums. This year there have already been some high profile facebook-connected events, such as: the inauguration, the Oscars and SXSW (see prior posts on pepsico zetigeist). Today I want to bring to light one that is a bit...
Apr 10th
Corporate lattice as a structure to let stars...
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