Category Archives: Aside
b5media in the NYT
b5media Inc. CEO Jeremy Wright is quoted in a New York Times story, which looks at whether it’s possible to make a living from blogging. Not surprisingly, the answer is “maybe”.
Marc Andreessen’s Blogging
Welcome to the blogsphere, Marc Andreessen. It looks like you’re excited to be here judging by how prolific you’ve been in recent days – and nice to see Techmeme is all over you. Today’s topic: Why There’s No Such Thing … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Inspiration
If you’ve got any kind of entrepreneurialism in your body, Guy Kawasaki’s story about creating Truemores for $12,107.09 should be just the jump-start you need to start your very own Web 2.0 company. Of course, it helps that Kawasaki is … Continue reading
Amp’d Investors Get Shocked
Despite raising $360-million in venture capital over the past two years, Amp’d Mobile has filed for bankruptcy protection. Is anyone surprised? This is a company, after all, that decided to get into the ultra-competitive wireless market by focusing on a … Continue reading
A New Buyer’s in Town
Wow – CBS is buying Last.fm for $280-million – days after it confirmed its purchase of Wallstrip. I guess there’s yet another suitor for all those Web 2.0 entrepreneurs to dream about other than Google, News Corp., Microsoft, Yahoo and … Continue reading
What About Evite?
For all the talk about MySpace becoming irrelevant as Facebook starts to dominate the social networking market, does Evite have a future? Evite is a pretty much a one-trick pony: invitations to friends/family for social events. This is a market … Continue reading
