Comments on: My thoughts on the Long Tail – part 1 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-53 Fred Destin Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:10:12 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-53 nick, you may want to read http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2005/001227.html on this topic nick, you may want to read http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2005/001227.html
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]]> By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10341 Fred Destin Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10341 nick, you may want to read http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2005/001227.html on this topic nick, you may want to read http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2005/001227.html
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]]> By: The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » My thoughts on the Long Tail part II - Long Tails everywhere? http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-52 The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » My thoughts on the Long Tail part II - Long Tails everywhere? Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:57:55 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-52 [...] At the end of my last post on this subject I noted how the long tail had been a driver for a number of successful companies recently.  I started wondering if there were long tails everywhere and thought it might be useful to take a look at the economy top down and see how much of it is susceptible to change from the long tail trend. [...] [...] At the end of my last post on this subject I noted how the long tail had been a driver for a number of successful companies recently.  I started wondering if there were long tails everywhere and thought it might be useful to take a look at the economy top down and see how much of it is susceptible to change from the long tail trend. [...]

]]> By: sb http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-51 sb Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:04:14 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-51 i agree that companies in production tools space can be a part of the long tail for software production, but if you look at the relevance of these tools for target users.....there is major impact. for instance accoridng to mckinsey only 24% of today's softwares support tacit interactions which is fastest growing job type across enterprises. This type of interactions require light weight apps that support ad hoc scenarios. If u combine these production tools and deploy it in an aggregated environment with associated filtering in place, the results can be interesting with a potential to impact industries. i agree that companies in production tools space can be a part of the long tail for software production, but if you look at the relevance of these tools for target users…..there is major impact. for instance accoridng to mckinsey only 24% of today’s softwares support tacit interactions which is fastest growing job type across enterprises. This type of interactions require light weight apps that support ad hoc scenarios.

If u combine these production tools and deploy it in an aggregated environment with associated filtering in place, the results can be interesting with a potential to impact industries.

]]> By: sb http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10338 sb Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10338 i agree that companies in production tools space can be a part of the long tail for software production, but if you look at the relevance of these tools for target users.....there is major impact. for instance accoridng to mckinsey only 24% of today's softwares support tacit interactions which is fastest growing job type across enterprises. This type of interactions require light weight apps that support ad hoc scenarios. If u combine these production tools and deploy it in an aggregated environment with associated filtering in place, the results can be interesting with a potential to impact industries. i agree that companies in production tools space can be a part of the long tail for software production, but if you look at the relevance of these tools for target users…..there is major impact. for instance accoridng to mckinsey only 24% of today’s softwares support tacit interactions which is fastest growing job type across enterprises. This type of interactions require light weight apps that support ad hoc scenarios.

If u combine these production tools and deploy it in an aggregated environment with associated filtering in place, the results can be interesting with a potential to impact industries.

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-50 nic Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:54:43 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-50 true jamescoops and there are many small businesses building these sorts of programmes. I guess my view has been that these companies are part of the long tail of software production (which I will come to in a later post) and as such not great VC plays. what do you think? true jamescoops and there are many small businesses building these sorts of programmes. I guess my view has been that these companies are part of the long tail of software production (which I will come to in a later post) and as such not great VC plays. what do you think?

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10339 nic Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10339 true jamescoops and there are many small businesses building these sorts of programmes. I guess my view has been that these companies are part of the long tail of software production (which I will come to in a later post) and as such not great VC plays. what do you think? true jamescoops and there are many small businesses building these sorts of programmes. I guess my view has been that these companies are part of the long tail of software production (which I will come to in a later post) and as such not great VC plays. what do you think?

]]> By: jamescoops http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-49 jamescoops Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:20:10 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-49 "I have ignored Anderson’s third category of enabler - production tools - because that is a big company game and of less interest to enrepreneurs and VCs." Dont forget in a digital environment "production tools" can be a piece of software or a web app. It no longer means a £150k avid editing suite. “I have ignored Anderson’s third category of enabler – production tools – because that is a big company game and of less interest to enrepreneurs and VCs.”

Dont forget in a digital environment “production tools” can be a piece of software or a web app. It no longer means a £150k avid editing suite.

]]> By: jamescoops http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10340 jamescoops Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:20:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/09/05/my-thoughts-on-the-long-tail-part-1/#comment-10340 "I have ignored Anderson’s third category of enabler - production tools - because that is a big company game and of less interest to enrepreneurs and VCs." Dont forget in a digital environment "production tools" can be a piece of software or a web app. It no longer means a £150k avid editing suite. “I have ignored Anderson’s third category of enabler – production tools – because that is a big company game and of less interest to enrepreneurs and VCs.”

Dont forget in a digital environment “production tools” can be a piece of software or a web app. It no longer means a £150k avid editing suite.

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