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Fred Wilson – Jun 5, 2006
When it comes to online commerce, we are big fans of community and marketplaces. In the age of “search for the lowest price” retailing, there are few differentiating features that can deliver a sustainable advantage in online commerce.We have not [...] Read more
How Does Indeed Make Money?
Fred Wilson – Jun 5, 2006
A number of people have asked me this question in response to my post on Indeed from several weeks ago.Fortunately Paul Forster, CEO of Indeed, has laid out the basics of Indeed's sponsored jobs offering in this post on Blog [...] Read more
Replicating Silicon Valley
Fred Wilson – May 31, 2006
Paul Graham recently wrote an essay on venture capital and startups called How To Be Silicon Valley and I recommend everyone who works in the technology, startup, and venture businesses give it a read. It’s an excellent analysis of the [...] Read more
What Else Are You Interested In?
Fred Wilson – May 23, 2006
Our portfolio company, TACODA, is the leader in behavioral targeting. They are working with publishers all over the Internet. They identify what users are interested in using a "data tag" on the publisher's page and then use that data to [...] Read more
Advertising to Job Seekers
Fred Wilson – May 14, 2006
Our portfolio company, Indeed.com, has announced the commercial availability of a cost per click (CPC) advertising system targeting job seekers.What that means is that advertisers now have a way to reach job seekers directly and pay for those ads on [...] Read more
Introducing Bug Labs
Brad Burnham – May 9, 2006
The two things we respect most in an entrepreneur are experience and passion. In entrepreneurship, as in life, they do not always go together. So we are thrilled to be working with Peter Semmelhack, the founder of Bug Labs, our [...] Read more