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Economists are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the state of the U. S. Economy. This, coupled with a limited range of opportunities for big investment exits — it’s an era of M&A or else — can mean tough market conditions ahead for startups. But there is a path through this morass. One way, is […]

The hybrid P2P-CDN business model is becoming increasingly popular with content distributors, largely due to rapid growth in the demand for online video.

Even pure-play P2P companies like Pando have started dabbling with P2P CDNs. Content Delivery Networks (CDN) have become a highly competitive market, and existing players are trying to find ways to differentiate […]

Meebo, the Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up that popularized web-based instant messaging, is celebrating its second anniversary today. The three-person company we first wrote about in September 2005 is growing up literally and figuratively. The company is expanding beyond its instant messaging roots and is now embracing realtime interactions via what co-founder Seth Sternberg […]

Just a short programming alert. I am on an East Coast trip and as a result posting times will be a tad erratic. The email backlog is bound to increase, but please bear with the slow turnaround times.

I am in New York for Rafat Ali’s Future of Business Media Conference, where I am on a […]

As good as we might like to think we are at due diligence, it is impossible to know everything about your market or space. It is inevitable that you will miss something prior to your startup’s launch. The best thing you can do is to prepare yourself mentally for one the most uncomfortable moments you’ll […]

This morning, between fielding phone calls, answering emails and writing blog posts, I have been watching TV, a lot of TV…on Hulu, the new online video portal backed by NBC (GE), News Corp. (NWS) and $100 million in funding from Providence Equity Partners.

Before I go any further, a mea culpa: I mocked the service, and […]