A historical collection of our writing.
Screw all manner of betaworks’ objectivity, this is pretty cool – John Geraci:Don’t have time to start a placeblog? Neither do I. But now, thanks to outside.in Radar, Twitter and Summize, we can placetweet. Placetweeting? I’ve got time for that. How does it work? You just twitter like you normally […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
While eating Chicken Adobo at Cendrillion every other day for the past 6 months, we talk constantly about the value of data – how can an application or a technology create value to an existing or new group of users through the creative aggregation, manipulation or structuring of data.One of the […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonBack in February, we posted here that we were looking to hire an analyst. We asked anyone who was interested in the position to leave a comment. We received 164 comments and then worked through all of them to find a small group we could actually meet and interview. It was a long process that […] Read more
Brad BurnhamSeveral months ago I ventured into the spooky economics of information with a post that suggested that data had an increasing marginal utility. A number of folks like Albert, who know a whole lot more about economics than I do, argue that it was not exactly an increasing marginal utility, but they […] Read more
Brad BurnhamNew 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 a defensible beachhead there. […] Read more
Brad BurnhamJason 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 officer, will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately. […] Read more
