The new economy

2009-09-28

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?

2009-09-28

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

2009-09-27

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

2009-09-26

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

2009-09-24

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

2009-09-19

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…