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- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
PlaceID
Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 5)
Conclusion IAC has leadership positions in the Personals, and Local / Ticketing verticals. Through Expedia, it also has a great position in Travel. However, there are concerns with HSN Network, Lending Tree and Real Estate segments, though they are strong brands with competitive positioning. IAC holds more than 60 online properties and someone could easily
Web 3.0: PeopleID, and Plaxo
While we are on the topic of PlaceID and PeopleID, I should tell you about my recent visit with Plaxo’s CEO Ben Golub, and VP of Marketing John McCrea. Ben Golub was, prior to Plaxo, the CMO of Verisign. Ben’s first Silicon Valley job was cutting apricots in an orchard which was paved over to
Web 3.0 Indexing: PlaceID and PeopleID
I wrote last week, that we need to include Place in the Web 3.0 formula, and this week Cal McElroy introduced the concept of PlaceID, a unique identifier which enables all content on the web to be indexed by Place. As I was thinking through this, and exchanging emails will Cal, we also felt that
