Welcome to the Bubble Sung to Guns and Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” Welcome to the bubble We’ve got fun and games We got everything you want, and we know the names We are the people that can find whoever you may need If you got the ruby honey, We got your VCs In the bubble, Welcome to the bubble watch it bring you to your na na na na na na na na knees, knees We wanna watch you…
O’Reilly and CMP Announce the 2.0 of Web 2.0 Conferences
It’s true, throughout the rise of everything “two point oh,” O’Reilly is not only leading a movement, but is also learning many things along the way, such as, there’s money to be made from new Web duex companies, when they themselves have yet to figure out how to generate significant revenue, and, that sometimes bad publicity can have major “net” results…sorry, had to fit in the pun. Just a bit of quick background for you…The invite-only Web 2.0 Conference launched…
TechCrunch Hits 100k
I wrote that headline and realized that readers could interpret it as either monthly revenue or subscribers. Well, according to Feedburner, TechCrunch hit 100k readers right on the money – literally. And, take a look at Technorati’s numbers…Techcrunch, Rank: 8 (43,393 links from 12,110 blogs). While the number may read 100k, I believe that TechCrunch has had a much bigger impact than Feedburner or Technorati numbers can represent here. Let’s not talk about the accuracy or relevance of Web 2.0,…
Frank Quattrone – The Rise, The Fall, The Rise 2.0?
Photo credit: AP via SFGate Finally, some closure is this case which has spanned years, two separate trials and millions of tax-payer dollars… According to the Associated Press, former investment banker Frank Quattrone reached a deal today that eliminates the need for third trial and more importantly, allows his criminal case to be dismissed. Also, NASD – back in June – dismissed all charges against Quattrone. You may remember the details of the case, but if not, Quattrone joined Credit…
The Letter "e" Grants an Interview to Bidness Week
In its first interview since dotbomb , the crash, the bubble burst, etc., the letter “e” has re-emerged to grant an exclusive interview to Bidness Week. Very funny… kudos to Cerado. Web 2.0 and The Letter “e”: The Interviewafter hitting it big during the dot-com boom of the 90’s, the tech world’s best-known letter comes out of seclusion for a rare conversation with BidnessWeek’s Steve Rosenblush. The flurry of activity in “Web 2.0” has unleashed a number of rising stars….
53,651 Readers, TechCrunch, Web 2.0, and More Tonight on Dateline, Silicon Valley
In this last week, we’ve learned that Arrington is a millionaire, been hit over the head about his troubles with his site design and the resignation of his designer, and now we have uncovered that his readers are the magnet for highly niche business models. In a very interesting series of posts, Josh Kopelman, an East Coast angel investor, fueled a fever of comments about how Web 2.0 companies are targeting the TechCrunch genre. “Too many companies are targeting an…
