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It's just getting started

It’s just getting started

By Chris Selland on January 21, 2012

I had a great time on yesterday’s Focus.com SOPA Roundtable and was honored to be asked to participate. While we took a bit of time to celebrate the fact that the effective death of the current SOPA & PIPA bills is a clear victory for those of us who opposed them, the panel was also […]

Posted in Business, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Chris Dodd, Clay Shirky, Fred Wilson, Hollywood, Michael Arrington, Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA, PIPA, SOPA

The Art of Riding the Bubble

The Art of Riding the Bubble

By Bob Warfield on March 24, 2011

People are increasingly asking whether there is a Bubble underway in the tech business.  The answer is that by the time you know there is a Bubble it’s probably too late to do anything about it.  But if all you’re doing is asking whether there is a Bubble, the Bubble is probably not here, yet. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bubble, Dot-com bubble, Entrepreneurship, Fred Wilson, IPO, startup valuation, startups, strategy, valuation, vc funding, venture, Venture Capital, venture funding

‘Free’ Marketing & the power of Evangelism

‘Free’ Marketing & the power of Evangelism

By Chris Selland on February 25, 2011

If you haven’t already seen it, you need to read this post from Union Square Ventures founder Fred Wilson, and his thoughts on startup Marketing. I believe that marketing is what you do when your product or service sucks or when you make so much profit on every marginal customer that it would be crazy […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Development, Communities, evangelism, Facebook, Fred Wilson, marketing, Social Media, social networking, startup marketing, startups, Twitter, Venture Capital

The Wealthy Pirate VC

The Wealthy Pirate VC

By Bob Warfield on February 8, 2011

Having been in the software business all my life, I’m no stranger to the idea that many people think it’s okay to steal digital property.  After all, it costs virtually nothing to manufacture another copy, so the reasoning goes, and so therefore the owner isn’t out anything.  It’s an unenlightened and unsophisticated rationalization of what, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Autos, Fred Wilson, intellectual property, Kazaa, Land Rover, Music, Music Piracy, Technology / Software, theft

The Narrow Bubble

The Narrow Bubble

By Chris Selland on December 8, 2010

Many are saying that we are in another tech ‘bubble’ – but is so, despite the extraordinary valuations accruing to a small number of companies, why are so many entrepreneurs having trouble getting funded?

Posted in Business | Tagged apple, Bubble, economy, Facebook, Fred Wilson, google, Groupon, M&A, microsoft, salesforce.com, tech bubble, TechCrunch, Twitter

It’s about to get a little crazy out there . . .

It’s about to get a little crazy out there . . .

By Jevon MacDonald on November 12, 2010

Ok, here’s the thing. The “is this another bubble?” conversation has been going on for a while, and everyone was able to agree that there hasn’t been a bust imminent so far. It might have been dragged out by the sluggish economy, it might have been a function of a lot of effort going in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Bubble, Bubble 2.0, Canada, Entrepreneurship, events, Fred Wilson, startups, Venture Capital, venture funding

New Kingmakers: Software Developer Talent as Financial Bubble

New Kingmakers: Software Developer Talent as Financial Bubble

By James Governor on November 12, 2010

Interesting post from Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures today: he is worried investments are happening without due diligence… but the war for development talent is the real issue for startups and investors. We are also seeing a massive talent war for software engineers going on in Silicon Valley and it is spilling over into […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged developers, Fred Wilson, google, redmonk, Silicon Valley, TechCrunch, Twitter, USV

Contrarian VC’s:  Good Idea!

Contrarian VC’s: Good Idea!

By Bob Warfield on September 7, 2010

VC’s have a real reputation for having a herd mentality.  If you are a VC, don’t get offended, you know it’s true.  Heck, I’ve had a number of you joke with me about it. For this reason, I read with interest Fred Wilson’s musings about contrarian investing.  Fred talks about how momentum investing can be successful, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged contrarian, Fred Wilson, google, investing, startups, vc funding, venture, venture funding

Lean vs Fat Startups: The Disrupt Debate

Lean vs Fat Startups: The Disrupt Debate

By Jeff Nolan on May 26, 2010

This is the “tastes great, less filling” debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. Back in March, Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz wrote a post called The Case For The Fat Startup, where he outlined some of the reasons why a fledging company might want to consider taking […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Entrepreneur, fat startups, Fred Wilson, lean startups, Silicon Valley, startups, TechCrunch, Venture Capital

A Well Intentioned Bad Idea That Should Not be Stopped

A Well Intentioned Bad Idea That Should Not be Stopped

By Jeff Nolan on March 23, 2010

Like everyone who has looked at the issue of immigration, I came to the conclusion long ago that it is a broken and outdated system. Just consider that every H1-B visa is snapped up within 12 hours of becoming available and you see how not only demand outstrips supply but an industry has grown up […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Brad Feld, Entrepreneurship, Fred Wilson, investment, Permanent residency, Startup Visa Act, startups, Venture Capital | 2 Responses

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