Someone on my Twitter stream dug up this tweet from 2009 and finally replied to it TODAY: Facebook is finally listening. Facebook ‘Live’ is live. I have not used it yet. I barely use Facebook. But I have to start using it. I’ve been a believer in web video since starting Wallstrip after …
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Predictions for 2015 …Continued…Web Video and Financial Web
Yesterday I wrote about what I saw happening in Fintech and Web Video. Late in the day, Bill Gurley chimed in on Twitter with this post: There is way more to do in video. Queues, curation, competition. If you have an idea, I am all ears. — Bill Gurley (@bgurley) December 2, 2014 He’s not …
Web Video Mega Trend Continues, The Future of (Digital) TV… and a TubeMogul Update
How can you not LOVE the ticker symbol $TUBE …and if Al Gore invented the internet how could he have not locked down this ticker symbol? The web video trend is super buzzy thanks to last week’s news that Facebook $FB is buying LiveRail for reportedly between $400 million and $500 million. I’m excited. I …
TubeMogul Files For IPO…Web Video FTW!
It is an exciting day for the Tubemogul team. I am thrilled myself. When we started Wallstrip in 2006, there were tons of web video hosting platforms. Revver, Blip, YouTube, Crackle, Veoh…. It was a real chore to post the video at all these places and track the metrics. One day I was introduced to …
Momentum Monday – Poker, Investing, and Positive Expectancy….and Why I Continue to Bet Big on Web Video
I will be in Vegas on Thursday talking to some Canadian entrepreneurs and also meeting up with a great Stocktwits contributor Mercenary Jack for the first time. Seeing I will be in Vegas…let’s delve into a little poker. Mercenary Jack loves to talk about poker and investing. Here are some good links from his blog …
The Web Video Trend – More Confirmation… Thanks to AOL
Next to the financial web, my largest personal bet since 2006 has been web video. I have covered it in detail since 2006 on my blog. It has NOT been a super sexy space since $GOOG Acquired YouTube and sucked a lot of life and multiples out of the industry. For markets to work well, …
The History of the Internet, The Beginning of Web Video, The Government and Gatekeepers…All in One Blog Post
My friend Fred Wilson discusses the history of the Internet with Sarah Lacy in the video below. Every investor and entrepreneur should watch it in it’s entirety at some point: Fred and I go way back and I have interviewed him many times, but I learned a lot of new things as usual. In 2010, …
Web Video 2013…I am Dead Serious This Time!
Oh dear God it was along time ago that I created and started Wallstrip. The first show was October 15, 2006…I have the blog post to prove it. My pitch to investors…’Cramer with _____’! I kid the Cramer! Lindsay Campbell, our awesome host, continues to be offended by me today. I know this because she …
WEB VIDEO – Inning Two….with a LOT of Upside
I still believe we are early in the Web Video trend. The YouTube uprising was the first inning and we have been stuck in a rut around advertising and quality and maneuvarability since. I love YouTube and Google Hangouts and I am long $GOOG. This year it feels like the Advertising world is gaining more …
Twitter $TWIT to Make Huge Entry Into Web Video
Twitter $twit just passed 140 employees (any new employee will have to be shrunk by Bit.ly to fit in…sorry). It looks like they are hiring some web video folks . I am not sure how they will attack web video, but as you know I am very bullish on web video and it is not …