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3 months ago

in 1. Small Feature Set 2. Good API 3. Profit! on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Great follow up to your past from last year "less is more and how to unlock the web" http://mashable.com/2008/06/29/less-is-more-unl...

9 months ago

in 2008/10/02/tech-topics-we-should-stop-talking-about/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
How about Web 2.0 / social networks in general? The fact that there are still new social networks for XYZ niche getting funded is ridiculous.

9 months ago

in Revenue, ARPU, Funnels, and RPM: My talk from Startonomics on Revenue metrics on Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen
Yeah, thanks for posting. Love the first slide trading floor picture.

You talked about direct sales being an upper tier option for publishers, i.e. when they get large enough to warrant it. There are a few startups working on making the direct sales process more accessible to pubs in the middle tier range.
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Andrew Chen yeah, ad networks, rep firms, and vertical ad networks are all methods of reaching into those brand dollars - but you'll never see the CPM $ figures that are as high as doing it yourself. So it's good to make that transition smoother, but you still need to build your own sales team once you get to the appropriate size.

1 year ago

in 2008/06/29/less-is-more-unlock-the-web/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Great post, very accurate. One of the implications of the web migrating towards platforms is that there will be less superstars in the future than there have been in previous years.

Where "success" used to be building up a powerful feature-set for a specific use, the largest success going forward will be building a platform. But there are far fewer possible platforms than possible feature-sets.

I think you'll start seeing a growth of "middle class" web apps/startups that build cash businesses worth sub $50m.

1 year ago

in Changing Jobs not Focus on Marketing
Congrats Eric, hopefully the hectic VC lifestyle doesn't slow down the blogging =)
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EricFriedman I will do my best to keep up with the posting :)

1 year ago

in The Declining Power Of The Firm on A VC
Fred - Will you elaborate more on the "distributed marketplace model"? Great post.

1 year ago

in Web Startups Are A Commodity on A VC
Great post Fred. Sorry about the blog spam, but the timing of the post was too good to ignore.

We're a startup building the "open ad systems that anyone can play with" to enable future innovation. We are speaking with firms you've coinvested with and were interested in speaking with you about our company and our similar views.

Please drop me a line (jpramey@isocket.com) or let me know how we can connect. Have a great weekend.

1 year ago

in The Fiction of 20% on A VC
Although I've been a long time reader I've never felt compelled to comment until now. As an entrepreneur going through our first significant round of funding I wanted to praise you on such a refreshing view.
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