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My reply to Jason Calacanis’ claim that Google Buzz just made Facebook lose half its value:
Jason,
Buzz might be a better executed product in some ways (as you point out in your email), but there are two HUGE problems with Buzz as a Facebook/Twitter-killer:
1) Way more active Facebook accounts than Gmail
The ratio could be as high [...]
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Tags: facebook, google, google buzz, twitter
Lean Startup Census – Dec 2009
Here are the results for the first Lean Startup Census, taken in December 2009. Thanks for participating!
Some highlights from the results:
Less than half of the respondents (43%) are just curious, learning or getting started with Lean Startup practices.
The vast majority of respondents are at startups (97%) or companies or 5 or fewer people (84%).
Only 2 [...]
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I don’t know if Yahoo killed themselves with the Microsoft search deal or not, but I do know the following:
Yahoo is better off without search.
Microsoft can’t beat Google at search.
Yahoo is better off without search.
One of the biggest complaints about Yahoo has been their lack of focus and identity. Are they a search company or [...]
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Tags: bing, google, internet marketing, microsoft, yahoo
You Are Google’s Product
The freeconomics/freemium discussion generated this tweet from Mark Cuban (actually, he’s quoting someone called “wjousts,” whoever that is):
You are not the customer of companies like Google and Facebook. You are the product. The advertisers are the customers.
This little gem was largely overlooked, but I think it’s a HUGE distinction, one that many struggling Web 2.0 startups still [...]
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Tags: business models, facebook, freeconomics, freemium, google, mark cuban, revenue models
Chrome OS is a good long-term (10-year) play. Google is betting that mobile computing will become smartphone (Android/iPhone/WebOS) and netbook (Chrome OS) dominated, and laptops will mostly disappear. I can see it — I already stopped bringing a laptop on trips and do most communication & reading from my iPhone day-to-day. A [...]
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Tags: android, chrome os, google, iphone, mobile computing, netbooks, smartphones
