The new focus on content production at scale: quantity versus quality
The past week has been an interesting one for the online content space. First, Wired published a detailed profile on Demand Media and their “answer factory”. Then, Techcrunch reported that AOL is following suit trying to turn AOL into a low cost content production machine. Other existing players in this space consist of About.com, AccociatedContent […]
How to take your company international
Our portfolio company Suite101.com announced today that it has launched French and Spanish versions of their site after successfully expanding to Germany a year ago. Expanding an Internet company to international markets should be part of every business plan but is often easier said than done. At AbeBooks (which has localized sites for Germany, the […]
What I learned this week: Yahoo’s failed leader, characteristics of great teams
It’s Friday and time for summing up the lessons learned this week: Yahoo’s (newish) CEO Carol Bartz clearly failed as a leader this week when it became public that she apparently sold Yahoo stock cashing in close to $2 million. 2 days later she declared that the sale was purely for tax reasons and that […]
What I learned this week: Facebook apps, testing resources, carpe diem
Friday is a good day to reflect and I usually try to come up with the 3 lessons that I learned in the past week – so going forward I will share these on the blog here. So here is what I learned last week: The value of Facebook applications: the sale of iLike to […]
Why I am excited about the online apparel and fashion vertical
On the day that Boo.com died in March 2001, not only did the Internet bubble burst but selling fashion and apparel over the Internet seemed dead for forever. So it is exciting to see that fashion and apparel is now one of the most exciting e-commerce categories where tons of innovation is happening. Think the […]