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Why High Start-Up Valuations Don’t Bother Me One Bit

Written by charles March 26, 2008 Leave a Comment

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 […]

advertising, careers, facebook, marketing, rockyou, slide, social networking, web20

Follow Up to Andrew Chen’s Good Post on Facebook Developers – It’s Mostly about Being Famous

Written by charles January 23, 2008 3 Comments

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 […]

api, developers, google, linkedin, myspace, ning, platforms, plaxo, rockyou, social networking, web20

OpenSocial – Is Opening Up the Answer?

Written by charles October 31, 2007November 23, 2007 Leave a Comment

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 […]