Time to focus more on content aggregation than content creation?
The past few years have seen an incredible explosion of the creation of unique content – first through blogs, then through social networks, now through communication networks like Twitter. As content creation expanded we moved from the creation of longer, “thought-through” content pieces to short status updates and quick thoughts and “like’s”. In my opinion, […]
New investment: Tynt traces how people engage with your content
Calgary-based Tynt announced today that they closed a $5 million Series A financing with iNovia Capital from Montreal and I am happy that W Media had the opportunity to participate in the financing with a small amount. The company is led by Derek Ball, one of the most successful technology entrepreneurs in Western Canada, and […]
We are all Predictably Irrational
I just finished Dan Ariely‘s new book “Predictably Irrational” and can only recommend it to everybody who is interested in understanding human behavior a bit better. Dan’s book includes tons of research that show how irrational human beings can sometimes be and how we can take better business, policy and personal decisions if we understand […]
New investment: brain games with Fitbrains
I have been watching Michael Cole and his Vancouver-based company Fitbrains for almost two years now and am very happy that I finally got the chance to make an investment in them. Fitbrains develops online brain games and exercises based on scientific research which help keep your mind sharp – you might want to call […]
Video from Office Hours event last week
Techvibes did a great job in putting together a video from last week’s Office Hour event of First Round Capital and W Media Ventures: Techvibes TV presents First Round Capital / W Media’s “Office Hours” at the Agro Cafe from Rob Lewis on Vimeo.