Target the Wanna Be’s
It struck me today that the many of the most successful business models on the web are targeted at the wanna-be’s. Consider, the success of Urban Daddy or aSmallWorld. Are these services really being used
April 4, 2008
It struck me today that the many of the most successful business models on the web are targeted at the wanna-be’s. Consider, the success of Urban Daddy or aSmallWorld. Are these services really being used
Buried in the comments of yesterday’s war of words (or was it a staged coup for traffic?) between Fred Wilson and Techcrunch, Robert Scoble posted a gem. Scoble suggests that a great way for websites
There is a good dialogue taking place on business models started by Chris Anderson. However, one model I see left out is what I call “brand-claimed accounts.� In a recent post on handles and user
From an investment perspective it has always bothered my that some startups launch with the goal of first obtaining scale, and only later introducing advertising or other form(s) of monetization. However, this strategy has
An interesting trend is taking shape within the world of venture capital and web 2.0 startups. During the last bubble, the liquidity event everyone hoped for was the IPO. Now it seems to be an