Zappos & Amazon – Happy News For All
I had been asked a few times over the last week about my thoughts on the Zappos transaction. I think this is a great story for innovation and startups. Zappos started in a space many believed you could not transact online: selling shoes without people trying them on… Of course, as the world has grown [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )AlwaysOn Panel: “Big Media’s Digital Strategies: Where do Private Companies Fit?”
I moderated a panel this past week at the AlwaysOn OnMedia conference in NYC. It was an opportunity to get behind what the “big media” folks are thinking in this economy, and how they interact with startups. The panelists were Jessica Schell, SVP, NBC Universal; Walker Jacobs, SVP at Turner Digital; Vivek Shah, Group President Digital, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Entrepreneur’s SEO – “Startup Exit Optimization”
I was chatting with a start-up CEO today, who had received some early inbound interest from a potential acquiror. Without any discussion of price, he asked me innocently enough, “Should I think about it?”
I started thinking about the positioning of the Company and the phase, and offered the following. I think most start-ups go through [...]
