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Media coverage is very important for startups. It is how they gain respect in their community, it is how they can win investors, and…
Young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their unethical ways
The film “The Social Network” has helped to make startups popular among young people the world over. It’s just one factor inspiring new generations…
There are only nine Googles left in the world
There’s an interesting analysis of the advertising industry and Silicon Valley’s growing bubble in new media by Rick Webb. In his analysis, Webb argues…
Yuri Milner: Making billions in the new bubble
Craig Mellow, at The Deal Magazine has a fascinating profile of Yuri Milner, the Russian investment banker who runs Digital Sky Technologies(DST), a multi-billion…
Understanding Color a little better
It’s a shame that the US$41-million funding of Color Labs has dominated the news about Color, a radically different type of mobile app, because…
A VC boom in new media?
Investment banker Kevin Covert is increasing staff at his company, Covert & Co, up to prepare for a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bonanza in…
Bubbling in the cauldron: Is Twitter a sign?
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” chanted the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, cooking up trouble. Similarly, are the VCs of…
Startups/apps all the rage in coffee shops and bars
These days it’s difficult to go anywhere without hearing about startups and their apps. That’s natural in my job but when you start hearing…
Why startups move to Silicon Valley
I’m constantly meeting companies that have moved part of their operations to San Francisco/Silicon Valley. Usually it is the CEO and/or the marketing and…
Facebook IPO: ‘Suddenly it feels like 1999’
The high valuation of Facebook on secondary share markets might be out of line with its revenues but it does show one thing: A…
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