February 2012
15 posts
“In layman’s terms: photographs taken with this camera are like time machines. We...”
– Lytro Leaps Into Light | NEA
“The combination of low startup costs and investor aversion means there are all...”
– The Business of Bookmarking – Marco.org
“[Naples]… Picture New Orleans, only with the Catholicism turned up to 14...”
– The Coolest Soccer Team in Europe, Grantland
“Nobody’s going to get rich off just creating an API — a lot of it depends on...”
– Publishers Enter the API Era | Digiday
“Since October 2010, more than 500,000 people have been infected with cholera in...”
– Abby Goldberg: The UN and Cholera in Haiti
Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up →
Congrats!
“Virtual goods elegantly fill up the demand curve for an offering. In other...”
– Tony Wright on how to evaluate a paid iPhone app idea. via Buster Benson
I’d never thought of virtual goods in exactly this way, but it makes sense.
(via dianakimball)
“Facebook’s biggest business opportunity isn’t advertising, but something more...”
– Facebook’s future is its social utility, not its social network. | Taylor Davidson
Startup Valuations: Strong Like Bull →
“Increasingly, media and consumer brands are recognizing that social networks are...”
– Awakening Nonprofits’ Sleeping Giant: The Interest Graph « Fenton | Progress Accelerated
Investing in Private (the real reason why... →
My latest thoughts, piecing together Andreesen Horowitz’s recent fundraising, the growth of the private markets, and Facebook.
“Something’s happening on the court, but a good portion of the crowd is...”
– Person of Interest, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin - Grantland
Talking about what happened after the dunk.