Strategy

Buddy Ed Sim just posted a useful note on the Importance of back channel reference checks. The person you are looking at hiring, or take money from, will volunteer contacts who will provide glowing reports about her/him. In order to…

Brightcove, the company founded by Jeremy Allaire, is disclosing its advertising platform offering in this Clickz piece. This goes a step further from the pre-alpha launch presentation Jeremy gave at the Web 2.0 conference.

Great post from Ross re A Flip/Flop Bubble of Microventures? in which he “attacks” the concept of startups launched and bankrolled by former “bubble entrepreneurs” for the sole purpose of flipping them to large established players.