Comments on: Repeat After Me: Investors Are Never the Story

By: Tumblr Lands Big Funding Round From Sequoia | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:39:56 +0000

[...] any case, it’s a lot of money. And as wise Om Malik says, “investors are never the story”. (Except when it does, and what’s relevant [...]

By: Why Browsers Don’t Matter: Tech News «

Why Browsers Don’t Matter: Tech News « — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:59:25 +0000

[...] You might have heard a company called RockMelt announced a browser last week, even calling it a “social browser.” The product got a lot of attention, thanks in part to its funding from Marc Andreessen’s VC firm funding it (even though that should never be the story). [...]

By: Data Storage Company Coraid Raises $25 Million Series B

Data Storage Company Coraid Raises $25 Million Series B — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:03:49 +0000

[...] reason why it’s interesting that Menlo Ventures led this sizeable financing round (sorry, Om) is because they were also the largest investor in data storage company 3PAR, which was recently [...]

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Irrationality, Welcome Back to Silicon Valley: Tech News « — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:49:02 +0000

[...] The media’s focus on investors and not the founders. [...]

By: omis.me » Weekly Rewind: Five Posts I Wrote

omis.me » Weekly Rewind: Five Posts I Wrote — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:30:00 +0000

[...] Repeat after me: Investors are never the story [...]

By: It’s about to get a little crazy out there . . .

It’s about to get a little crazy out there . . . — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:08:19 +0000

[...] Repeat After Me: Investors Are Never the Story (gigaom.com) [...]

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:47:37 +0000

I think people were pointing out Rockmelt’s investors at launch because of the disproportionate amount of attention it received compared to something like Flock, which is an almost identical product. The only difference in the equation many of us can see is the investors. Therefore, many of us concluded it was the investors that made the difference. That’s how I read the response, anyway.

By: Ian Lamont

Ian Lamont — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:46:01 +0000

Maybe it’s time to put the focus on investors who pick the losers or “walking dead”. It’s a story that is seldom highlighted.

By: gregg freishtat

gregg freishtat — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:24:26 +0000

amen.

By: gigafan

gigafan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:02:33 +0000

Here in India,it all about funding and founders and never about technology.People talk big about big companies,funding and big guys.Even the success of the product gets the last attention in blogs and even the main stream media.How ever pls note(this point is important)if an american blogger talks good about an Indian product,then it get all the attetion that it deserves from Indian bloggers and media.