Monthly Archives: April 2009
Pro-Profit for Antiviral Drugs: A critique of NPR’s goofy coverage on flu vaccines
Yesterday I found myself listening to NPR’s Morning Edition and its coverage of swine flu. This story, Antiviral Drugs Discounted For Government : NPR, discussed the deep discounts governments negotiate and the resulting shrunk revenue and profit streams that big … Continue reading
Filed under business, politics, technology
MTV Wheezing Into Social Media Age
According to Tech Crunch, “MTV has announced plans to a launch a show that taps into the power of social media, tightly integrating with Facebook and Twitter to maximize fan interaction.” Wow, does this come across as the old media … Continue reading
Filed under business, social media
NFL Draft Day: The Gold Standard in Buzz Building
Image via Wikipedia Today was “day 1″ for the NFL draft–the first 32 college players are selected by NFL teams at an event at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. No passes are thrown, no game played. Many of these … Continue reading
Does MySpace Really Need a Chief Revenue Officer?
MySpace pulled trigger on Owen Van Natta to run MySpace. While I don’t know Mr. Van Natta, my quick take reaction and question centers on whether a former Chief Revenue Officer of Facebook is really going to fix what’s ailing … Continue reading
Filed under business, internet, social media
WSGR’s Yokum Taku – the Valley’s Best Start-up Lawyer?
DISCLAIMER: My company, Moonshoot is a client of WSGR and Yokum Taku. While I think this is a fair commentary, I’m absolutely not above writing a puff piece as a way to try and build kharma / discounts in the … Continue reading
Filed under entrepreneurship, technology
Be in the Review—MKTG Lessons from Windows Mobile
Yesterday was a tough day for Microsoft, and not because of its earnings announcement, which Silicon Alley Insider rightly calls its first revenue drop in memory “horrible, considering the circumstances.” I think it was a much harder day, because of … Continue reading
Quick Thoughts on Oprah Effect on Twitter
This quote from Hitwise Intelligence – Heather Hopkins – US: Oprah Effect on Twitter caught my eye: There’s been much debate among loyal Twitter users about whether this spells the end for Twitter’s coolness, as soccer moms sign up in … Continue reading
Filed under consumer, internet, technology, Twitter
Venture realities : some big changes, some the same
TheFunded‘s Founding Member, Adeo Ressi, posted an interesting perspective on recent venture capital financing today. In his post, Ressi describes several of the key issues facing venture funds in the short-term, and he concludes with these predicctions: new investments will … Continue reading
Filed under bootstrapping, entrepreneurship, technology, venture capital
A Key to Diligence from an Entrepreneur’s POV : Know Thy Numbers
Brad Feld had a useful piece on the concept of Total Addressable Market (TAM) when speaking to investors. Brad is “in the ‘measuring TAM doesn’t matter at all’ camp, especially in an early stage company in an emerging market.” I … Continue reading
Filed under business, entrepreneurship, internet
Seesmic Desktop release: a strong product step that exposes the right question on Twitter’s business model
Background: I downloaded Seesmic Desktop tonight. I like it a lot, but that’s not the subject of this post. This post is about the importance of Twitter’s business model to nurture a vibrant ecosystem. 2009 is shaping up to be … Continue reading
Filed under business, internet, social media, Twitter
