Archive for November, 2006
If anyone’s got any info:
James Kim (CNET’s senior editor of digital audio) and his family (wife Kati, young girls Penelope and Sabine) have gone missing driving a 2005 silver Saab stationwagon with license plate “DOESF” from their home in the SF Bay Area to Seattle. Last heard from Saturday in or between Gold Beach or Portland, Oregon.
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Tags: Management|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Nov 30th
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Using MySpace to brag about your deviance is so 2005… nowadays it’s all about posting it on YouTube:
Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine $1,300.
The Norwegian, […]
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Well, as always, I should be writing this tomorrow, Dec 1st.
But we’re already planning a few hits for December. Indeed it’s hard to keep the hits coming, but after our best month ever (October), November was even better: 35% 40% growth in traffic… I was speaking to someone this morning who asked me what the business […]
Tags: Uncategorized|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Nov 30th
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I was emailed by a lot of Adobe fans (and a few employees) as per why Adobe did not make the list of the best stocks of past, present and future. In fact, others wondered why Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia did not make our list of the best M&A deals?
Adobe’s mission has always been to […]
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My last employer, IGN, was a major player in in-game advertising. IGN has three divisions: media properties, digital distribution and in-game advertising.
I loved the unit and saw it as a major wild card in the company’s mid to long term prospects (along with digital distribution, which Fox Interactive Media - who acquired IGN for $650m […]
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Very interesting overview and trecap of the ad network landscape from Tacoda Systems’ Dave Morgan, formerly founder of ad network Realmedia.
I personally expect a lot of consolidation, not just the large ones acquiring the smaller networks, but also driven by companies looking to quickly enter and capitalize on online ads: MSFT, IAC looking to add […]
Tags: Internet & Web|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Nov 30th
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Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson does a great service to all entrepreneurs by breaking down the art of venture capital into a science:
- Intro
- Early Stage Investing
- Traction
- Lead Investor
- Deal Size
- Geography
It should be noted that these are USV’ policies and philosophies, but his explanations and rationales certainly help demystify the VC game.
Tags: Financing, Management, Startups|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Nov 30th
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The Bivings Report (TBR) - whom I had not heard of until seeing this today - is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group.
We’ve […]
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One of the things I love about writing this blog is that I get a lot of great questions from people who are both more and less experienced than I am. It makes for a good exchange.
Oftentimes I find myself on the receiving end of the learning process. It is so cliche to say that […]
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From Guy Kawasaki:
I am trying to evangelize the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.
Source.
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