Nic Brisbourne’s view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media
I am off to Brazil on Sunday for a friends wedding and two weeks holiday
I am looking forward to showering the ever-patient Mrs B with attention and put in some quality time with my little girl.
All of which means this blog will be kind of quiet until mid-Nov
Those of you that [...]
Part of the reason I write this blog is to promote transparency into the venture capital process. That wasn’t something I really expected when I started.
To that end I am posting these links to Peter Rips post on this subject where he links to Munjal Shah’s description of a key strategic decision at his company. Munjal [...]
Well they are obviously not quite the same, but this post on Techcrunch Uk from Sam has got me thinking that they are not that far apart.
In the post Sam reports that mobileYouth are holding a virtual networking event in Habbo Hotel today. Check out the post for details, but it is at 2pm [...]
I was at a Screen Digest seminar earlier this week where we discussed the future of high def TV.
They are projecting that by 2010 there will be 12m households in the UK with high def ready TVs, but that only 3m of them will actually be watching high def TV programmes.
A bit of background might be [...]
The music industry just isn’t getting it. From paidcontent last week - Music Industry Goes P2P Lawsuit Crazy: 8,000 announced today, Universal Music Sues Grouper and Bolt.com; $15k per infringement and Universal’s Long Tail Generated 250,000 Downloads in Seven Months.
Get with the programme people!
Getting track costs on legitimate sites down to low levels - say 10p [...]
I found this map after writing the social nets - virtual worlds come together post, which seems to endorse the thesis. It was on Personalize Media and I found it through Mike Butcher’s mbites. Apologies if the resolution is poor, I think it should be readable.
The more I think about this the more sure I am about [...]
As regular readers of this blog will know I am fascinated by virtual worlds. My instinct is that the blurring distinctions between real and virtual worlds is the start of something very important.
The inspiration for this post came from speaking with Alex Tew of Million Dollar Homepage fame and got a big kick on from [...]
A number of people have been putting in a lot of hard work trying to create a Silicon Valley style environment in London to foster entrepreneurialism and web2.0.
You are doing a good job guys and gals. Your work is important.
The catalyst for this post was the Techcrunch UK launch party on Thursday night last week (I was [...]
Microsoft have barely had a mention in this blog so far, which reflects where they are in the internet world. I have just got back from a “Microsoft Digital Day” and they have a BIG DESIRE to make that change. In the words of Steve Balmer, as they came from nowhere in spreadsheets to take Lotus 123 totally [...]
Murdoch is certainly learning his lessons from MySpace, check out The Sun - it has gone all web2.0. If you can get past the pop-ups and sky scrapers (which tell us they don’t quite get it yet) you will find the ability to comment on many stories, promotion of discussion groups and a MySun section.
The MySun section [...]
