Comments on: Two free tickets for Library House Essential Mediatech 2008 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/ 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: Two free tickets for Library House Essential Mediatech - the winners | The Equity Kicker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3750 Two free tickets for Library House Essential Mediatech - the winners | The Equity Kicker Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:19:24 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3750 [...] Weds I invited questions for panelists at the Library House Mediatech conference next week with the offer of free tickets [...] [...] Weds I invited questions for panelists at the Library House Mediatech conference next week with the offer of free tickets [...]

]]> By: Mark Tasker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3736 Mark Tasker Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:24:34 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3736 Will the web landscape be fundamentally changed by web 3.0 (the semantatic web) and, if so, what do you see as the opportunities / growth areas for startups? Will the web landscape be fundamentally changed by web 3.0 (the semantatic web) and, if so, what do you see as the opportunities / growth areas for startups?

]]> By: Mark Tasker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11660 Mark Tasker Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11660 Will the web landscape be fundamentally changed by web 3.0 (the semantatic web) and, if so, what do you see as the opportunities / growth areas for startups? Will the web landscape be fundamentally changed by web 3.0 (the semantatic web) and, if so, what do you see as the opportunities / growth areas for startups?

]]> By: Phillip Hofmeyr http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3710 Phillip Hofmeyr Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:39:24 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3710 Please can you debate the pros and cons of 'stealth mode'. Is it always best to be open? Is a question of timing - do UGC sites need some decent content first? Is it a cultural thing - are Europeans start-ups more closed? Does the type of site impact the decision? Please can you debate the pros and cons of ‘stealth mode’. Is it always best to be open? Is a question of timing – do UGC sites need some decent content first? Is it a cultural thing – are Europeans start-ups more closed? Does the type of site impact the decision?

]]> By: Phillip Hofmeyr http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11667 Phillip Hofmeyr Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11667 Please can you debate the pros and cons of 'stealth mode'. Is it always best to be open? Is a question of timing - do UGC sites need some decent content first? Is it a cultural thing - are Europeans start-ups more closed? Does the type of site impact the decision? Please can you debate the pros and cons of ‘stealth mode’. Is it always best to be open? Is a question of timing – do UGC sites need some decent content first? Is it a cultural thing – are Europeans start-ups more closed? Does the type of site impact the decision?

]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3709 Adam Martin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:28:44 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3709 i.e. If EVERYONE subscribes to Kawasaki's "Don't Worry, Be Crappy", who's left to advance the art and craft of game development? i.e.

If EVERYONE subscribes to Kawasaki’s “Don’t Worry, Be Crappy”, who’s left to advance the art and craft of game development?

]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11666 Adam Martin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11666 i.e. If EVERYONE subscribes to Kawasaki's "Don't Worry, Be Crappy", who's left to advance the art and craft of game development? i.e.

If EVERYONE subscribes to Kawasaki’s “Don’t Worry, Be Crappy”, who’s left to advance the art and craft of game development?

]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3708 Adam Martin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:27:02 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3708 All About Games: If web startups can't support the large teams of highly-specialized roles (game-designer, level-editor, script-writer, AI programmer, etc) that the mainstream games industry is wedded to, but continue to edge mainstream games out in terms of profitability and reduced risk, how are we going to ensure we don't lose that specialist knowledge over the next 5 years? Bearing in mind that most of the knowledge and experience in professional game design and in online game programming has only in the last 5 years started to really be understood and put to good use. Also noting that this panel itself doesn't have any mainstream games companies! (*), instead it's: in-game-advertising, tween-social-worlds, facebook-games, etc. (*) - Matt Rothman comes closest, having left mainstream games development ten years ago. All About Games:

If web startups can’t support the large teams of highly-specialized roles (game-designer, level-editor, script-writer, AI programmer, etc) that the mainstream games industry is wedded to, but continue to edge mainstream games out in terms of profitability and reduced risk, how are we going to ensure we don’t lose that specialist knowledge over the next 5 years?

Bearing in mind that most of the knowledge and experience in professional game design and in online game programming has only in the last 5 years started to really be understood and put to good use.

Also noting that this panel itself doesn’t have any mainstream games companies! (*), instead it’s: in-game-advertising, tween-social-worlds, facebook-games, etc.

(*) – Matt Rothman comes closest, having left mainstream games development ten years ago.

]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11659 Adam Martin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-11659 All About Games: If web startups can't support the large teams of highly-specialized roles (game-designer, level-editor, script-writer, AI programmer, etc) that the mainstream games industry is wedded to, but continue to edge mainstream games out in terms of profitability and reduced risk, how are we going to ensure we don't lose that specialist knowledge over the next 5 years? Bearing in mind that most of the knowledge and experience in professional game design and in online game programming has only in the last 5 years started to really be understood and put to good use. Also noting that this panel itself doesn't have any mainstream games companies! (*), instead it's: in-game-advertising, tween-social-worlds, facebook-games, etc. (*) - Matt Rothman comes closest, having left mainstream games development ten years ago. All About Games:

If web startups can’t support the large teams of highly-specialized roles (game-designer, level-editor, script-writer, AI programmer, etc) that the mainstream games industry is wedded to, but continue to edge mainstream games out in terms of profitability and reduced risk, how are we going to ensure we don’t lose that specialist knowledge over the next 5 years?

Bearing in mind that most of the knowledge and experience in professional game design and in online game programming has only in the last 5 years started to really be understood and put to good use.

Also noting that this panel itself doesn’t have any mainstream games companies! (*), instead it’s: in-game-advertising, tween-social-worlds, facebook-games, etc.

(*) – Matt Rothman comes closest, having left mainstream games development ten years ago.

]]> By: wildIrishguy http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3707 wildIrishguy Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:49:17 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/10/29/two-free-tickets-for-library-house-essential-mediatech-2008/#comment-3707 The future of MediaTech M&A Q. Will digital agencies be even more desperate to engage/invest/buy web product teams/companies related to the AD CPA world/business model given the increased pressure on them to produce returns for their clients. The future of MediaTech M&A

Q. Will digital agencies be even more desperate to engage/invest/buy web product teams/companies related to the AD CPA world/business model given the increased pressure on them to produce returns for their clients.

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