January 2006 Archives

  • A week ago I stretched my rudimentary knowledge of high school biology to come up with an analogy that, for me, shed some light on web services. Today, I am going to try an analogy from physics which I know...

  • Indeed Job Data

    Since I am not in the market for a job, I haven't been spending enough time on Indeed. But since my post on their instant job board service, I have been playing around with the service this weekend.  And to...

  • Instant Job Board

    Our portfolio company Indeed.com is doing some great stuff. For those who are not familiar with Indeed, its a job search engine. Think Google for jobs. As Indeed says, "one search, all jobs". Give it a try. It's so simple...

  • Advertising Out Of Context

    For as long as there has been advertising, the advertisers have sought to run the ads in context. By "in context", I mean car ads in the automotive section, banking ads in the finance section, beer ads in the sports...

  • Rich Media Realities

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    I wrote a post on my personal weblog several months ago called The Future of Media where I invited anyone to take my content (actually my RSS feed) and do anything they want with it. I suggested that there were...

  • Web Services in the Mist

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    More and more, the entrepreneurs we see present their business in the context of an ecosystem. This is a healthy development because it acknowledges the complexity of the environments within which start-ups operate today. Technology generally and web services in...

  • Cliche of The Week

    Most VCs build portfolios of investments that number between 10 on the low end and 40 on the high end per fund they raise. This gives us diversification of risk and a host of other benefits. It is generally true...

  • Cliche of the Week

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    I may change the title of this running series to VC Phrase of the Week since not all of them are cliches in the classic sense. And this week's is certainly not a cliche, but its something I heard a...