Archive for February, 2007
I have nothing against VCs. They get a bad rep.
In fact, the few times we’ve exchanged thoughts they have always had interesting things to say about our company, much-appreciated and valuable feedback. That’s not really sucking up since lord knows I’ve said enough critical things on this blog as well…
VCs are not good or bad, […]
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An interesting thing is happening in the video sector that has broad repercussions for content in general. What we are seeing today is the Commoditization of Distribution and the Scalability of Content. This is something that has dawned on me from the conditions on the ground managing the WatchMojo.com Web TV property.
Digital Media Revolution
Apparently video […]
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Courtesy of a CNN money article on the pursuit of the perfect online ad.
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I wish Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis all the luck in the world with Joost, really. If they can create the platform of Web TV, good for them. I have my doubts, frankly. But that’s not the point here.
My point has more to do with how media businesses seem to have no qualms about working […]
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Last night, I was watching the Oscar’s [obligatory disclaimer: I am married] and within a one-minute interval, I heard a couple of the presenters mention MySpace and YouTube. I’m talking of Gwenyth Paltrow/Kate Winslet variety.
I realized: media is changing, there’s the proof. Hollywood might not “get it,” but they “know it.” (And you know what? […]
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People always think I’m crazy when I tell them we developed a search product. The search battle is dead, or so say the wisemen.
Anyway, hold the eulogy, search is just getting started. Look at the leading stories:
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I’ve been approached by a copyright agency to obtain the Chinese rights to my second book, The Confessions of Alexander the Great: 33 Lessons in Greatness.
I don’t even know where to start. If anyone’s got some good advice or knows a literary agent who has some good advice, feel free to drop me a line at ash@mojosupreme.com. I’m […]
Tags: China, Management|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Feb 26th
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Ahm… I don’t think so. Could it?
What’s it? Apparently, this NYT article on Blinkx suggests that:
“…Today, owing to the proliferation of large video files, video accounts for more than 60 percent of the traffic on the Internet, according to CacheLogic, a company in Cambridge, England, that sells “media delivery systems” to Internet service providers. “I imagine […]
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Interesting story in Yahoo! on Facebook not selling. I’ve chronicled Facebook’s reticence to sell quite a bit, read more here.
A lot of people thought that Mark Zuckerberg was crazy for not selling. I thought that Mark was doing the right thing given his personality and how much he would want to shoot himself the next day […]
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This morning I read something interesting on the dilemma entrepeneurs face between selling and building. Having myself been faced with such a decision just last week, I wanted to mull the topic over and then write my two cents on it without divulging too much. When I got back, I came across Scott Karp’s insightful […]
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