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Web 3.0 & MSN (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Dec 3rd

Introduction MSN is the all in one Internet portal of Microsoft. The Company has divided its core business into three divisions – Platform products and services division, Business division and Entertainment and Devices Division. The online services group comes under the first division. Microsoft, through MSN, has significant presence in the online business and owns

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Web 3.0 & Yahoo! (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Nov 21st

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the Yahoo! sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on some of the vertical categories. However, here are some examples of

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Serial Entrepreneur Zack Rinat on Model N (Part 10)

Posted on Sunday, Nov 18th

SM: How much money did you raise? ZR: We raised about $42M from Accel and Accel KKR in June of 2000. We also had a couple of private Silicon Valley luminaries who invested in the Company. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google is an investor. Mark Andreesen, who co-founded Netscape, is also an investor. The

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Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 14)

Posted on Thursday, Nov 1st

SM: This has been a very interesting discussion. Anything else you would like to add before we conclude, especially about your personal situation at present? EB: On a personal level, things have worked out pretty well in the sense that I believe in ten year cycles – at least for me. I think, you can

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Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 13)

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 31st

SM: What is Elevation’s investment thesis regarding positioning? Is it still a prosumer play? EB: The Elevation thesis is pretty simple. It basically says that smartphone market is at its very infancy, and the arrival of the iPhone is expanding the opportunity, making it more real to more people. It is very clear that it

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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Oct 8th

Introduction The New York Times Company is a leading media company that publishes popular newspapers The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and 15 other daily newspapers. NYT owns approximately 30 websites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s revenues for 2006 were $3.3 billion. The Company has sold off its

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Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Oct 5th

Conclusion McClatchy is in the business of publishing newspapers, which is in turmoil due to the falling advertising and circulation revenues, and McClatchy is a victim of that trend. Falling real estate, auto, jobs and personal advertisements have resulted in the sharp fall in vertical classified revenues. McClatchy is trying to recover. The key reasons

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Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 28th

SM: Describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? SS: Our management team is more or less complete. With that said, I’m always looking to add 1-2 more people. From a people perspective, I am constantly looking at roles to fill in to support the growth of the company. At

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