With the AOL/TechCrunch soap opera finally coming to an end, we thought we would see the forest through the trees and focus on Mergers and Acquisitions, or M&A, in general. continue reading...
In segment 1, we shift our focus away from the debacle at AOL and look at Yahoo!’s own soap opera by expanding on a couple of articles I published on TechCrunch, namely why and how Yahoo! could make a run to Hulu and Yahoo!’s options. We cover a lot, and in there I go over a lot of numbers explaining the financial engineering, so I included the numbers below. Watch the video below (and scroll down to get the financial engineering math) continue reading...
I have had one relationship or another with Yahoo! for 15 years now - first as a user, then as an investor, then as a developer (well, my team was), then as an analyst, and now as a content provider. continue reading...
A few years ago, we published a list of companies who ruled the Internet each year, from 1994-2007. Then, we forgot to update it for 2008-2010. On this week’s HipMojo show, we run down the list and picked a company for 2008, 2009, and 2010… and then open it up for you to suggest companies for 2011. Vote for the company of the Year below in the Comments, feel free to vote for the company you work for, but explain WHY, what was the one thing or many things that made the company stand out from the noise? continue reading...
Here’s my latest from MediaPost: continue reading...
When NBC Universal and News Corp. hatched plans for a competitor to YouTube, the cynics were laughing already. continue reading...
This article I wrote was originally published on TechCrunch. continue reading...
I find the brou-haha over Yahoo! potentially shutting down or selling Delicious very funny. I don’t doubt that there are a lot 
“passionate” users who care about the product. But what baffles me is why people criticize a company for considering to stop investing in a product when the most hardcore and allegedly loyal users won’t consider paying a paltry $5 per month for it.
Welcome to social media: Some great products and features amidst a sea of otherwise useless stuff that most people would never pay for, yet companies and investors are supposed to maintain. continue reading...
The Pareto principle states that: “The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes”. continue reading...
