tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post116824891449252241..comments2024-03-18T11:20:06.632+05:30Comments on MediaVidea: Web 2.0 gets a Pied Piper in a cheerleader’s uniformPramit Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668528988974177140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post-81700076156914950312007-01-17T01:21:00.000+05:302007-01-17T01:21:00.000+05:30Web 2.0 ... sure there are some cool interesting t...Web 2.0 ... sure there are some cool interesting things that exist... but really now what generates profits in the end.<br /><br />This again is "fools gold" wrapped up in yet another wrapper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post-1168284561617186792007-01-09T00:59:00.000+05:302007-01-09T00:59:00.000+05:30I followed a link here from an article on GigaOm a...I followed a link here from an article on GigaOm about how executives are starting to leave Wallop. I think you are right in that companies are going to have to get real smart about long term planning or a new downsizing wave is in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post-1168281693601449922007-01-09T00:11:00.000+05:302007-01-09T00:11:00.000+05:30No barriers to entrance - amazaing. Web 2.0 is rea...No barriers to entrance - amazaing. Web 2.0 is real it has just gotta grow up and start realizing that revenue is everything. Users have got to start paying for usage. Freemium has got to go away for good. It has got to become a commodity. However if you look at AOL they recently went free. That's because they have the user base to charge for ads and the like. A lot is going to happen in the next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post-1168258400448150982007-01-08T17:43:00.000+05:302007-01-08T17:43:00.000+05:30you are dead on my friend. i have been through we...you are dead on my friend. i have been through web 1.0 (successfully) as both an entrepreneur and investor and i see alot of the same echo chamber investing that went on during the first bubble. granted you do not have overinflated ipo market to exit to, but alot of the same BS is running around. "network effect", "eyballs", etc, makes me shiver. i have just started pitching my software company (mobile telecom) for its first round of outside capital. After making a few pitches to some of the big boys I actually had one partner say to me: "we are looking for long tail opportunities with no barriers to entrance and an exit of no less than 400-500 million." I kid you not. acting impressed i asked which portfolio company had recently exited at that valuation. well none yet. thank you very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35786478.post-1168257791982702092007-01-08T17:33:00.000+05:302007-01-08T17:33:00.000+05:30More insight here:http://www.bootstrap-network.com...More insight here:<BR/>http://www.bootstrap-network.com/node/234Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com