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“ Content is king. But marketing is the queen, and the queen runs the household.
Andrew Mager » Gary Vaynerchuk’s keynote at New Media Expo
“ As the ecosystem expands, the raw number of people, companies or groups who hold power inside the ecosystem, and can affect its direction, grows as the ecosystem grows. Put another way, the power center is decentralized over time. Change inside of that ecosystem require more voices to agree that change is good. That’s healthy. And that’s an open web.
Christopher Blizzard, I think somewhere he read our business plan (or we read his) . . . (via betaworks)
“ Given the IPO drought and the lesser need for dotcom capital, a majority of the deals with more than a $25M post-money give the founders liquidity options, over $50M add VPs, and over $100M add just about everyone. It’s not a rule of thumb yet, but it’s getting darn close. Not everyone takes the option, but it’s almost always on the table. You don’t think it available or acted on for the latest rounds at Twitter, WordPress, Yelp, …. ? It’s most often during the deal, but afterwards when there are enough sellers to make the mechanics of simultaneity difficult.
Rafer, on Facebook insiders selling stock. He’s right, generally, and it’s an added dimension to start-up land, interesting for a number of reasons, the main one maybe being that it smashes traditional orthodoxy which rejects founders liquidity until liquidty for all. (via betaworks)
This is called “prior art” in the world of intellectual property
“ But confrontation and friction is required for excellence. We need to teach ourself that confrontation is not insubordination. Single minded obsessive focus on one thing is a must for creating something which is out of the world.
http://www.pluggd.in/2008/07/microsoft-facebook-google-from-india-can-indian-society-produce-gates-larry-zuckerburg
Startonomics is a one-day workshop designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs on how to create simple, actionable metrics for internet startups, and how to use them to make better product and marketing decisions for long-term growth and success. (via Startonomics conference brought to you by Dealmaker Media)