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If you are interested in VC, this is a must-read.
Free report from ComScore on 2009 key figures on the online space.
If someone had doubts about the value of the data that can be inferred from the social graph, take a look at this clustering of the US: PeteSearch: How to split up the US
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Insightful post by Tripod founder Bo Peabody on social networks and the online media business.
A Long Island newspaper invested €4 million to redesign its online website with content behind a paywall. They got 35 subscribers in 3 months.
The web site redesign and relaunch cost the Dolans $4 million, according to Mr. Jimenez. With those 35 people, they’ve grossed about $9,000.
Second tier newspapers’ only chance to get some subscription revenue from paying online customers could be taking a share of offers bundling together access to several sources of premium content. The role of aggregator may be taken on by Apple iTunes or Amazon Kindle.
Patents were invented to foster innovation and protect the investments in R&D against fast followers.
The patent system applied to software is now a hindrance on the innovation process: We need an independent invention defense to minimize the damage of aggressive patent trolls - Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing
I’d like to forget it. That’s what goes through my mind. I almost didn’t do this interview because I didn’t want to dig it up again. Let it pass into history.
The Time Warner-AOL merger should pass into history like the Vietnam War and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s one of the biggest disasters that have occurred to our country.
I lost 80 percent of my worth and subsequently lost my job. We looked it up to see if I was the biggest loser of all time because I lost about $8 billion. But I don’t think I was the biggest loser of all time. I think at one point Microsoft stock went down more than that for Bill Gates. I think he’s the biggest winner and the biggest loser. I was in the top three or four of all time.