Andy Weissman | Union Square Ventures | Page 17 of 23
Sep 11, 2007
Allen Stern of CenterNetworks is hosting an event, a "mixer" on September 27th. CenterNetworks, like AlleyInsider, seem to be a new breed of content related sites and communities that, aside from a particular focus on the New York area (excellent!), ... Read more
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Sep 11, 2007
Carmun (of which I am a founder, etc.) is getting set to launch v2.0 of its student connective wisdom, yin to the Facebook yang, product. I believe that the web presents an opportunity for businesses to take fresh looks at ... Read more
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Sep 5, 2007
Yahoo acquires Blue Lithium, as widely reported. Personally, I think this is a much more interesting deal than Yahoo's acquisition of Right Media, Microsoft's purchase of aQuantive, and Google's buy of Doubleclick, because I believe advanced targeting, particularly as it relates ... Read more
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Sep 4, 2007
Thaddeus Clark, of the amazing Melatone Music blog and record label, writes "The 3 Most Compelling Reasons to Twitter," which to me is the best compilation and description of why Twitter has the potential to be an interesting communications medium. Number ... Read more
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Aug 29, 2007
Brian Norgard wonders if its possible: "The mythical, “End-to-end,” solution is much discussed yet far from being realized. My best guess is that it will emerge from companies that have built tools themselves (or most of them for that matter). There ... Read more
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Aug 27, 2007
John Borthwick says: "Ads are often blunt instruments that fail to offer value to a membership engaged in a dynamic conversation – targeting and metadata only get you so far." Greg Yardley, on the other hand, wonders: "But what if individual ad targeting ... Read more
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Aug 27, 2007
From blogspot to www.aweissman.com Thanks ... Read more
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Aug 27, 2007
Roger Ehrenberg: "As both an active angel investor and entrepreneur, I can say one thing for sure: macroeconomic woes aside, the New York early-stage investment scene is vibrant, exciting, and full of possibilities. I have seen more interesting deals with strong ... Read more
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Aug 16, 2007
Henry Blodget, at Silicon Alley Insider, speaks the truth about some online videos: "Everyone is jumping aboard the executive-video-interview bandwagon, which is too bad, because most executive video interviews suck. Why? Because who has 20-30 minutes to sit around watching glib, ... Read more