Published a new post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06 http://cli.gs/LGe52 # Will mobile communities be smaller forcing brands to micro-target? RT samirbalwani http://bit.ly/6FXhWy # Published a new post: Some thoughts on recruitment – instinct over CV http://cli.gs/EBWVm # I'm heading to a Microsoft meeting. What would you like them/Bizspark to do for the [...]
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Apple and Google have been edging into each other’s markets for some time now and post Apple’s acquisition of music streaming service Lala and the launch of YouTube’s VEVO service earlier this month they are now firmly head to head. It won’t be long before an antipathy between the two companies builds – similar [...] This is on NewTeeVee: Amazon.com just launched a promotion dubbed Disc+ On Demand that may well be the start to the industry’s first major multi-platform retail experience. Customers who buy select movies on DVD or Blu-ray will be offered the chance to instantly watch their purchase through Amazon’s Video On Demand service. One of [...] I attended a Bryan Garnier seminar on ecommerce this morning and one of the panelists pointed out the small size of the European quoted stocks compared with the US. Combined Market Cap of EU Ecommerce Companies Below: £2.1bn Combined Market Cap of US Ecommerce Companies Below: £57.7bn One can argue about Bryan [...] Having the right team is crucial for a startup and keeping the team right as a company develops is a critical discipline. I think this is one of the areas where a good investor director can add the most value: by leveraging experience across many startups to advise entrepreneurs on the likely [...] Published a new post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29 http://cli.gs/6X6TP # Published a new post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29 http://cli.gs/ygEEy # @Hardcd1 I don't know Google Wave too well yet, but I think there is plenty of innovation in messaging ahead of us # Some BIG forecasts for cloud computing – Merryll [...] Yesterday I was going through my backlog of business plans when I made this tweet, which a couple of people have since asked me to elaborate on. A lot of what I write both here and on Twitter is to help entrepreneurs figure out how best to pitch to us, and whether their [...] This chart (originally in the UK Times and I found it on Hypebot) shows two things. Firstly, and unsurprisingly, recorded music revenues are shrinking both for labels and artists, and revenues from live performances are rising. Secondly, and this is the surprising bit, for artists the growth in income from live music is [...] |
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