The new economy
According to the Business Insider, Facebook is “‘Beating The S— Out Of Its Numbers’ Thanks To Zynga’s Virtual Goods.” I wanted to try to…
What if online business model innovation is slowing down?
There is a widely held assumption that new business models will continue to emerge online – that statements like “how will Twitter ever make…
Online advertising is all about purchasing intent
A while ago I dug up this quote from Business Week from 2000: But how will Google ever make money? There’s the rub. The company’s adamant…
Yahoo should invest in products, not advertising
For 10 years, Yahoo was my default home page. Now I can barely stand using the site. I still use it for Finance and Flickr, but that’s it…
Software patents should be abolished
The alleged societal benefit of patent law is that it creates a financial incentive to innovate. The societal drawback is that it reduces…
Climbing the wrong hill
I know a brilliant young kid who graduated from college a year ago and now works at a large investment bank. He has decided he hates Wall…