Comments on: To the tunes of…. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:40:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » F****d 2.0 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-118660 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » F****d 2.0 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:52:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-118660 [...] Now see John Battelle, Paul Kedrosky, and Fred Wilson ruminating over whether there is a VC bubble. Kedrosky leaves the TechCrunch bash — as I did after a PaidContent bash — fretting that the equilibrium is off. Too many companies are getting funded — Battelle says there are 200 video search companies with bucks in banks — and not enough are failing, which means that business success — audience, revenue, growth — is not concentrating sufficiently to anoint winners (or, I’ll add, in the cases of, MySpace and YouTube it is perhaps concentrating too quickly). Wilson says fret not, for the bad companies will die. But because they are cheaper to start, it will take longer. And because they are cheaper to start, I’ll argue, more bad companies can get funding. And because the VCs have to fund more companies to invest all the money they’re handed, they as a group are now going to be less picky and more stretched and less able to watch over the companies in their portfolios — but, for a while yet, they’ll be less worried because each investment is less of a big deal. In this case, less could be more trouble. Small is the new big headache. [...] [...] Now see John Battelle, Paul Kedrosky, and Fred Wilson ruminating over whether there is a VC bubble. Kedrosky leaves the TechCrunch bash — as I did after a PaidContent bash — fretting that the equilibrium is off. Too many companies are getting funded — Battelle says there are 200 video search companies with bucks in banks — and not enough are failing, which means that business success — audience, revenue, growth — is not concentrating sufficiently to anoint winners (or, I’ll add, in the cases of, MySpace and YouTube it is perhaps concentrating too quickly). Wilson says fret not, for the bad companies will die. But because they are cheaper to start, it will take longer. And because they are cheaper to start, I’ll argue, more bad companies can get funding. And because the VCs have to fund more companies to invest all the money they’re handed, they as a group are now going to be less picky and more stretched and less able to watch over the companies in their portfolios — but, for a while yet, they’ll be less worried because each investment is less of a big deal. In this case, less could be more trouble. Small is the new big headache. [...]

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » ER-FI http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-86129 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » ER-FI Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:48:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-86129 [...] Speaking of Rafat, he’s pissed about David’ Carr’s spun piece about Denton, Inc. and the PaidContent mixer. I, too, made bubble gags after the event but I agree that the bubbling has nothing to do with blogs (or with PaidContent). What I noted was the guys with startups pitching anybody who would or wouldn’t listen. That’s what was deja vu for me. [...] [...] Speaking of Rafat, he’s pissed about David’ Carr’s spun piece about Denton, Inc. and the PaidContent mixer. I, too, made bubble gags after the event but I agree that the bubbling has nothing to do with blogs (or with PaidContent). What I noted was the guys with startups pitching anybody who would or wouldn’t listen. That’s what was deja vu for me. [...]

]]> By: olivier blanchard http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-81113 olivier blanchard Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:35:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-81113 How I missed this thing, I'll never know. Was the food good? How I missed this thing, I’ll never know. Was the food good?

]]> By: Risk Taker http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-80936 Risk Taker Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:51:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/to-the-tunes-of/#comment-80936 Jeff, It was jammed with guys in nametags making pitches for their companies to anyone who would stand still and even those who would notIt YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG!!. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM SMARTER, WISER AND REAL RISK TAKERS THAN MOST PEOPLE WILL EVER HAVE THE COURAGE OR ASPIRE TO BE. AND THEIR PUT THEIR SWEAT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE THEIR VISION INTO A REALITY. I AM APPALLED THAT YOU WOULD MAKE SUCH RIDICULUS COMMENTS. AND YOU SAW THE NEXT GREAT THING GO BY YOU AND DID NOT EVEN NOTICE....SO MUCH FOR THE BUZZMACHINE. Jeff,

It was jammed with guys in nametags making pitches for their companies to anyone who would stand still and even those who would notIt

YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG!!. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM SMARTER, WISER AND REAL RISK TAKERS THAN MOST PEOPLE WILL EVER HAVE THE COURAGE OR ASPIRE TO BE.

AND THEIR PUT THEIR SWEAT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MAKE THEIR VISION INTO A REALITY. I AM APPALLED THAT YOU WOULD MAKE SUCH RIDICULUS COMMENTS. AND YOU SAW THE NEXT GREAT THING GO BY YOU AND DID NOT EVEN NOTICE….SO MUCH FOR THE BUZZMACHINE.

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