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Pinch Media – Investing on a New Platform
Brad Burnham – May 29, 2008
New platforms create new opportunities. One would think that established vendors with big balance sheets, big investments in R&D, and established brands would quickly move onto a meaningful new platform, using their market power to prevent new entrants from creating [...] Read more
Losing Jason
Brad Burnham – May 23, 2008
Jason Knight stepped down from his role as the CEO of Wesabe yesterday in order to devote his full attention to a medical situation in his family. Chairman and co-founder Marc Hedlund, who previously served as the company’s chief product [...] Read more
Outside.in Steps It Up
Fred Wilson – May 20, 2008
Most companies grow in steps. They operate at one level for a while, make good progress, then take a step up, and start operating at a new level.In the past month, our portfolio company has stepped it up on a [...] Read more
Post-Americanism
Andy Weissman – May 4, 2008
This week, I traded alot of emails with a great hacker in Barcelona, had a skype call with a CEO in London, and had lunch on Friday with a South African and a half British/half French guy (at a Filipino [...] Read more