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Re: Traffic to Top Social Networks Stablizes as Facebook Nears Yahoo!

louismg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:08:14 -0000

Patricia, I did note a disclaimer at the bottom, which reads: "Disclaimer: Compete statistics are known to be imperfect, but they are always interesting." Alexa is bad, too, and they don't even provide enough content at this point to make similar charts or comparisons. So we make do with what is available for now.

Re: Conferences (continued)

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:28:54 -0000

cash flow

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:54:01 -0000

That's a great idea. For me, its the inclusion of all companies, both public and private, natively in the service

I also like that people have a prominent place in the service

But we should do that

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:51:32 -0000

Good catch. I'll alert tracked although they will certainly be monitoring this thread

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:34:52 -0000

seo and smo ftw

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:34:10 -0000

I like thumbs up!

They are doing sprints to roll out new features/functionality now and you'll see the service expand a lot in the next few months

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:27:11 -0000

Will do. That tweet should have a link to my post first. It got mashed. Not good. Its a bug

Re: Startup Ecosystems Take Time

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:26:30 -0000

Good not great. The loss of dick costolo was a major blow

Re: Conferences (continued)

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:25:50 -0000

Can't argue with that so much. But the exhaust fumes of our paranoia can produce amazing things

Re: Conferences (continued)

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:24:49 -0000

Ewe had terrible price inflation in the US in the 70s. IBM and DEC were still good investments. Give me real businesses with cash flow over silver and gold anytime

Now, I do think putting some of your fixed income assets into australian denomination is a good idea and was an even better idea a year ago

Re: The Double Opt-In Introduction

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:21:36 -0000

I'll check it out

Re: Startup Ecosystems Take Time

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:21:02 -0000

I agree with this approach. Three small companies instead of one big one. But they are all companies not people working out of their bedrooms

Re: Conferences (continued)

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:19:20 -0000

Gold is like a tractor in farmville. It is only valuable because people value it. It does not produce cash flow. It is useless to me. Give me google, facebook, amazon, and other cash machines at a fair price. You all can have all the gold you want

Re: The AVC Reader Census: A Day Later

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:16:57 -0000

I meant can't in the last line

Re: The AVC Reader Census: A Day Later

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:16:43 -0000

I don't care what claims or projections entrepreneurs make. They are almost always hype

We invest in web services that have been launched and have demonstrated user traction and accelerating adoption

You can bullshit your way past that fortunately

Re: Conferences

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:14:03 -0000

I don't mind being pitched. I like it. As long as it is short and sweet and doesn't dominate my time when others want to do the same thing

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:12:09 -0000

The implmentation of the tweet? If so, it should have sent you right to this post. That's a bug

Re: Tracked.com Gets More Social

fredwilson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:56:43 -0000

you can message with each other on tracked. you just need a profile and then
you can do it.

Re: The AVC Reader Census: A Day Later

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:09:27 -0000

i am trying to fund the best businesses i can find. i need more women to
bring me interesting deals.

Re: Why We Don’t Invest In Competitive Businesses

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:38:46 -0000

i would not invest in a competitive company even if they had a better model
than our company

it's ultimately a reputation issue and reputation is everything in the VC
business

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Re: Conferences

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:28:21 -0000

I don't know. I try to ignore him and mostly do

Re: Conferences

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:23:50 -0000

I loved it when valleywag took shots at me because it was all in good fun

I don't think loren is a nice guy

Re: Conferences

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:16:21 -0000

Wrong. He hates me and baits me. But I ignore him because he's a mean spirted jealous guy with no talent

Re: Conferences (continued)

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:05:16 -0000

I'm never saying I don't believe you to prokofy

Re: Conferences

fredwilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:04:49 -0000

They are a hack. Twitter can and will do better