Posted on March 26, 2008, 4:43 pm, by charles, under
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I’ve been fascinated by some of the large web 2.0 financings that have either gotten done (Slide) or are rumored to be on the table (RockYou, Meebo, etc). I am a bit perplexed about some of the grumblings about how start-up valuations are out of line with reality. I tend to disagree, but for different [...]
Posted on January 23, 2008, 10:07 am, by charles, under
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I have been talking to a number of folks I know who are spending a lot of their time building applications or services for the Facebook platform and I have been struggling to really understand the motivation. Then I read this great post on Andrew Chen’s blog about the difference between people who are motivated [...]
Posted on October 31, 2007, 6:28 pm, by charles, under
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myspace,
ning,
platforms,
plaxo,
rockyou,
social networking,
web20.
I’ve been reading a bunch of posts about Google and friends launching the Open Social. So far, my favorite posts are this one, this one, and this one. Overall, I am skeptical (are you surprised?) that simply “opening up” is the recipe for victory. A few thoughts arranged in some rough form. At the end [...]
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