Archive for December, 2007
Yahoo! is making a bold push into original sports content. According to IHT, via Valleywag, Walt Disney’s ESPN and Yahoo! are upping the ante in a bid to recruit sportswriters (shameless plug: you are aware that from 2000 to 2004 or so I penned about 500 or so sports business articles, right?).
This is as much […]
Tags: Disney, Yahoo!|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 26th
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One of the more frequent questions I got ask yesterday when my wife and I hosted our family at home was “when are you going back to the office”. I actually do a bit of working throughout the holidays, but we actually shut down the office from last Friday until next Tuesday. […]
Tags: Management|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 26th
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Venture capitalists get a bad rep, some of it deservedly so, some of it not so. I do not think VCs deserve the worst of reputation, but I think VCs role in building businesses is vastly overestimated. They’re a necessary evil, no pun intended, but more often than not, companies are successful despite […]
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Initially, my post was to be called “Ad Networks + Content = High Margin Business” but that is not as direct and brutally honest as “Why are ad networks such low expectation mofo’s?” Hey, it’s a fair question, no? Let’s consider the facts.
Compared to the Top Media Properties:
Ad Networks have bigger reach. One reason is […]
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Last year, just as I was making preparations to attack the biggest bird I had ever come across (ie. before Christmas), Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales said that he would create a Google killer.
One year has passed, with plenty of hyperbole and ridicule, mixed in with impatience and Wikia-confusion, but it looks like the time is […]
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End of year means one thing, predictions. Here are 10 things we predict:
1- Death of Blogs - Not Quite
Wait, before Dave Winer has a heart attack, let me explain. 2008 will mark the year when the line between a blog and any other site blurs for good. Blogs will continue to gain in […]
Tags: Uncategorized|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 22nd
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- Top M&A Deals of 2007
- Companies to watch out for in 2008?
- Now that Google’s acquisition of DCLK is set to clear, what is missing from Google’s portfolio? Click here.
- This one was actually written in 2006, What to look out for in 2007 (and 2008)
- How did our 2007 trends forecast turn […]
Tags: Internet & Web|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Dec 22nd
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Let me ask you a question:
If a handful of thugs tried to f*** you, badly, and they threw the weight of a $70B corporation behind their effort, and you somehow prevailed (despite their lies) and won… if and when the time came when you could strike back, strike hard, and have fun and exert some […]
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
I think we’re living in the best of times, mind you, especially if you’re fortunate enough to be on this side of the digital divide. Sure, cars don’t fly - yet, but when you hop on a flight, you can make phone calls […]
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“The torture of litigation is magnified by some geometric multiple when a giant corporation guns for a sole person.”
IP Democracy, on the Apple vs. Think Secret ordeal.
Speaking from experience, I agree with that statement. Unlike Nick Ciarelli, I was fortunate and grateful to emerge victorious in my David vs. Goliath experience.
The question is, what am […]
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