Comments on: Big companies get blind spots – which make space for startups http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/ 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: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6604 brisbourne Wed, 20 May 2009 16:47:19 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6604 Good one Nicholas Good one Nicholas

]]> By: juzmcmuz http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6601 juzmcmuz Wed, 20 May 2009 16:36:17 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6601 Yes, agree.<br><br>Venture Capital - VC firms are the best at predicting future enterprise success.<br><br>Hmmm. Plenty of VC firms invest in startups that are utilising the power of the crowd. How long before the crowd replaces VC's? Yes, agree.

Venture Capital – VC firms are the best at predicting future enterprise success.

Hmmm. Plenty of VC firms invest in startups that are utilising the power of the crowd. How long before the crowd replaces VC's?

]]> By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6603 Nicholas Lovell Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:36 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6603 The home entertainment hub: the physcial piece of hardware matters (console, PC, set-top box), giving whoever controls it power vs. a browser-based experience with browsers embedded in every key piece of entertainment technology (TVs, mobiles, computers, etc) The home entertainment hub: the physcial piece of hardware matters (console, PC, set-top box), giving whoever controls it power vs. a browser-based experience with browsers embedded in every key piece of entertainment technology (TVs, mobiles, computers, etc)

]]> By: juzmcmuz http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6602 juzmcmuz Wed, 20 May 2009 15:46:11 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-6602 Horses - people are always going to get around on horseback (one of my faves)<br><br>Movies - people want to go to a cinema to watch movies (at the time of the cinema's choosing)<br><br>Permanent Employment - people want to be beholden to a single employer at a single office location pursuing the interests of the company. Horses – people are always going to get around on horseback (one of my faves)

Movies – people want to go to a cinema to watch movies (at the time of the cinema's choosing)

Permanent Employment – people want to be beholden to a single employer at a single office location pursuing the interests of the company.

]]> By: Finance Geek » Future of search may not be about indexes and algorithms http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5291 Finance Geek » Future of search may not be about indexes and algorithms Wed, 20 May 2009 11:36:08 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5291 [...] I wrote about how sometimes companies can lose touch with why customers love their products and I am [...] [...] I wrote about how sometimes companies can lose touch with why customers love their products and I am [...]

]]> By: brisbourne http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5294 brisbourne Wed, 20 May 2009 10:47:19 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5294 Good one Nicholas Good one Nicholas

]]> By: juzmcmuz http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5292 juzmcmuz Wed, 20 May 2009 10:36:17 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5292 Yes, agree.<br><br>Venture Capital - VC firms are the best at predicting future enterprise success.<br><br>Hmmm. Plenty of VC firms invest in startups that are utilising the power of the crowd. How long before the crowd replaces VC's? Yes, agree.

Venture Capital – VC firms are the best at predicting future enterprise success.

Hmmm. Plenty of VC firms invest in startups that are utilising the power of the crowd. How long before the crowd replaces VC's?

]]> By: Nicholas Lovell http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5290 Nicholas Lovell Wed, 20 May 2009 10:23:36 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5290 The home entertainment hub: the physcial piece of hardware matters (console, PC, set-top box), giving whoever controls it power vs. a browser-based experience with browsers embedded in every key piece of entertainment technology (TVs, mobiles, computers, etc) The home entertainment hub: the physcial piece of hardware matters (console, PC, set-top box), giving whoever controls it power vs. a browser-based experience with browsers embedded in every key piece of entertainment technology (TVs, mobiles, computers, etc)

]]> By: juzmcmuz http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5288 juzmcmuz Wed, 20 May 2009 09:46:11 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5288 Horses - people are always going to get around on horseback (one of my faves)<br><br>Movies - people want to go to a cinema to watch movies (at the time of the cinema's choosing)<br><br>Permanent Employment - people want to be beholden to a single employer at a single office location pursuing the interests of the company. Horses – people are always going to get around on horseback (one of my faves)

Movies – people want to go to a cinema to watch movies (at the time of the cinema's choosing)

Permanent Employment – people want to be beholden to a single employer at a single office location pursuing the interests of the company.

]]> By: juzmcmuz (Justin McMurray) http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5289 juzmcmuz (Justin McMurray) Wed, 20 May 2009 09:37:11 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2009/05/19/big-companies-get-blind-spots-which-make-space-for-startups/#comment-5289 Further 2 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/brisbourne">@brisbourne</a>'s post abt big co's developing blind spots (http://is.gd/BkQj) who hasn't worked for 1 &wondered how HELL they make £? Further 2 @brisbourne‘s post abt big co’s developing blind spots (http://is.gd/BkQj) who hasn’t worked for 1 &wondered how HELL they make £?

]]>