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Re: Kawasaki: How I wasted $12,107 on Truemors

Venture Itch — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:06:17 -0000

I bet Truemors will turn profitable the very first month. I agree that reading sites like twitter and truemors is exciting as watching drying paint, but if they appeal to some audience they have right to exist. Truemors owes its success to publicity surrounding Guy - I see nothing wrong that Guy exploited that effect.

Re: Experian buys marketing intelligence firm Hitwise

Venture Itch — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:20:43 -0000

This is fourth acquisition of Experian: LowerMyBills.com, PriceGrabber.com, CheetahMail.com and now Hitwise. Experian gets a hold over huge information base on consumer behavoir.

Re: YouSendIt raises $10M for file delivery service for professionals

Venture Itch — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:28:09 -0000

If you look at Alexa graph of yousendit.com, you'll see sharp drop of traffic. "Zillions of them" are taking their toll. Differentiating on security and authentification features will hardly replace unsustainable business model.

Re: Vudu, yet another video for TV company

Venture Itch — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:19:31 -0000

The name of the game in video distribution is long tail, not only in number of titles, but also in distribution channels. It does not matter what technology will be winner - top box, p2p, cable or satellite, Hollywood studios can’t afford to miss any of them, because even
niche distribution channel may serve quite large audience.

Re: TheFunded, the site for VC hatchet jobs

Venture Itch — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:16:18 -0000

TheFunded is definitely biased to have negative approach to VC's - more entrepreneurs are rejected by VC's than approved. Actually, Thefunded community is based on grudge keepers. However, Thefunded does create some leverage for entrepreneurs, as deeterrent factor.

Re: Terrapass lets you be “carbon neutral,” raises cash

Venture Itch — Sat, 19 May 2007 04:39:50 -0000

It reminds me selling indulgences in 15th century, which is the prepaid full or partial absolution of sins. There is something fishy in commercializing feeling of guilt.

Re: Quanlight, boasting a better LED chip, raises $3M

Venture Itch — Sat, 19 May 2007 04:53:25 -0000

This is second venture investment into LED technology within one month. Lumina Ceramics got $7mln month ago.

Re: Hitwise Acquired by Experian for $240 Million

Venture Itch — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:21:02 -0000

This is fourth acquisition of Experian within last two years:LowerMyBills.com, PriceGrabber.com, CheetahMail.com and now Hitwise. Experian gets a hold over huge information base on consumer behavoir.

Re: 29 of Fortune 100 Have Negative Google Results

Venture Itch — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:21:16 -0000

See article "Hypothetical Case of Negative Marketing Campaign"

http://www.ventureitch.com/?p=193