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How Yammer Should Have Responded to the TechCrunch Ad Hominem

How Yammer Should Have Responded to the TechCrunch Ad Hominem

By Mark Fidelman on January 10, 2012

I can’t help but laugh at the TechCrunch gang’s corporate ad hominem last week. It seemed more of a personal attack than any real attempt to provide a product review. TechCrunch didn’t merely reproach their building mate, they reprimanded them. Stranger, most of the article really didn’t say anything at all, because they were not […]

Posted in Application Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged enterprise 2.0, Miscellany, sybil, techcrunch, yammer

Fusion Garage (of CrunchPad-Joo-Joo Fame) Drops Grid 10 Price by $200 - Only $200 More to Go

Fusion Garage (of CrunchPad-Joo-Joo Fame) Drops Grid 10 Price by $200 – Only $200 More to Go

By Zoli Erdos on September 12, 2011

Some things just can’t die. Like the zillionth incarnation of what was formerly known as CrunchPad…. then after a messy divorce from TechCrunch became the Joo-Joo (sold a few dozen units), and now it’s back as the Grid 10.   I have a funny history with this device. I was a major advocate of the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged android, crunchpad, FusionGarage, Grid 10, ipad, Joo-Joo, joojoo, tablets, techcrunch, WebOS

Of Kindles and Business Models and Stuff

Of Kindles and Business Models and Stuff

By Paul Miller on September 6, 2011

Over at TechCrunch, MG Siegler’s 2 September post on Amazon’s new Kindle has generated quite a storm. All across the web, media, bloggers, pundits, analysts and the rest are pointing to MG’s post, getting terribly excited about a new tablet that might actually challenge the iPad; something that so many others have patently failed to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged Amazon Kindle, android, cloud computing, GigaOM Pro, iBooks, ipad, itunes, MG Siegler, techcrunch

What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch

What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch

By Mark Suster on June 13, 2011

  An edited version of this post originally ran on TechCrunch. This version has some additional details on a portfolio company I’ve invested in, which are disclosed below. WWDC. The annual Apple event where no real hints about what products they plan to release are floated in the public domain in advance. No private head […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged box.net, DocStoc, dropbox, facebook, foursquare, google, Startup Advice, Tech Market Analysis, techcrunch, textPlus

The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

By Mark Suster on April 30, 2011

  Banner Ads. They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. They were very effective back then, with the original ad garnering a 78% click-through rate (CTR)!  I guess from there we had nowhere to go but down. Nowadays banner ads get on average 0.2% CTR meaning for every […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged advertising, Solve Media, Startup Advice, Tech Market Analysis, techcrunch, Web banner

What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

By Mark Suster on April 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. You’re small fish.

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Entrepreneur, mark suster, silicon valley, Startup Advice, startups, techcrunch, VC, venture capital, venture funding

Education Bubble maybe or maybe not - the siren call of Peter Thiel

Education Bubble maybe or maybe not – the siren call of Peter Thiel

By Dan Morrill on April 11, 2011

I will agree with Peter Thiel that education as we know it is hard to justify the inputs versus the outputs, especially the costs of education.  I have attended many colleges over the years, graduated from two of them, have an advanced degree and feel good about it. The degree has helped me with employment, […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged education, education bubble, Higher Education, Ivy League, paypal, peter thiel, techcrunch

This Post Has Nothing to do with #SXSW

This Post Has Nothing to do with #SXSW

By Mark Suster on March 13, 2011

  This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. For the next four days if you’re in the tech industry you’re going to hear a non-stop stream of information about SXSW. It’s the time of year when many new startups are struggling to rise above all the noise and be heard. And when everybody is shouting it […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Austin, conferences, Entrepreneur Advice, foursquare, sxsw, SXSW Interactive, techcrunch, twitter

I’m sticking with Disqus. Here’s Why

I’m sticking with Disqus. Here’s Why

By Mark Suster on March 7, 2011

  I’ve written before about my love for Disqus. I’m not an investor – I just love the product. So now Facebook has a new commenting system. They’ve been around for a while and when they first announced this initiative I knew the day would come when people would start saying, “should I replace Disqus?” […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged blogging, commenting system, comments, disqus, facebook, Social network, Tech Market Analysis, techcrunch | 1 Response

Silicon Valley > Boston (The Data)

Silicon Valley > Boston (The Data)

By Chris Yeh on March 5, 2011

I love Boston. I lived there for five of the best years of my life, when I was working at D. E. Shaw & Co., and then when I attended Harvard Business School. If anyone asks, I always tell them, “if Boston had the same weather and career opportunities for me as Silicon Valley, I’d […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged boston, Entrepreneurship, silicon valley, siliconvalley, startups, techcrunch, VC, vc funding, venture capital, Vivek Wadhwa

How Many Investors are Too Many?

How Many Investors are Too Many?

By Mark Suster on February 23, 2011

This post originally ran on TechCrunch. Lately I have seen a number of deals announced on TechCrunch in which 5 or more different VCs were participating in the deal. This always makes me chuckle because in my first company we had 5 investors in our first round and we picked up 5 more before we […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged investing, Raising Venture Capital, Startup Advice, techcrunch, twitter, zynga

VC’s Gone Wild: Yes, Sometimes it is the Product

VC’s Gone Wild: Yes, Sometimes it is the Product

By Mark Fidelman on February 7, 2011

It’s not easy disagreeing with one of the most respected VC’s.  In fact a lot of what Mark Suster writes in his  Salespeople excuses post (also featured at TechCrunch) is accurate.  But it’s what I call a Swiss cheese article.  It looks good but is full of holes. Blaming the sales team is usually the […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged mark suster, sales, sales strategy, techcrunch

What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

By Mark Suster on September 27, 2010

What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic?  Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.It’s a shame.  There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged angel investing, angelgate, conferences, dave mcclure, panel discussion, Ron Conway, tcdisrupt, Tech Market Analysis, techcrunch, venture capital | 1 Response

Does Sprint Limit Using Google Voice?

Does Sprint Limit Using Google Voice?

By Zoli Erdos on May 21, 2010

(See update @ the bottom)Well, this did not take long. I’ve just speculated that Google & Sprint wanted testers before the commercial rollout of the Android-driven HTC EVO on June 4th – a few hours later I see that theory proven.  I ran into trouble setting up Google Voice, and called the special number given […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged android, google, google voice, HTC, htc evo, htc incredible, iphone, sprint, techcrunch, verizon | 10 Responses

The Benioff Coup. I Almost Got it Right

The Benioff Coup. I Almost Got it Right

By Zoli Erdos on April 7, 2010

Watching Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff interview Mike Arrington @ Davos in January, I predicted the Big Marc was after a new job in media.  It all felt confirmed when Benioff launched a series of posts at TechCrunch (although I suspected a fellow XXXXX blogger wrote his posts). But now it looks the other way around: […]

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged humor, marc benioff, media, salesforce.com, steve gillmor, techcrunch

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