- Startups - News Panel with Niel Robertson and Jon Ferrara - TWiST #254
发布时间 2012-05-05 02:16:07 来源
摘要
1:05 - 2:04 It's This Week in Startups, it's Friday and we've got a lot to discuss. The first thing we're going to discuss is the Yahoo CEO. Jon Ferrara, CEO of Nimble I am an investor, thank you for letting me in the round.
2:04 - 3:35 Do you do SEM stuff? At some point you're going to want to turn on the paid funnel?
3:35 - 4:32 What does an SEM cost in major cities? At what point would Nimble say, it's great to have a service like Trada but we need to bring SEM in house?
4:32-6:14 What's the most successful client to date? Who are the most successful people in SEM and what are they selling?
6:17 - 7:18 Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson falsely claimed a computer science degree on his resume.
7:18 - 8:15 How big of a deal is this? Should he lose his job?
8:15 - 8:26 Jon: Someone should just take Yahoo in the back and shoot them in the head
8:48 - 9:58 People who lie and cheat in a system that is already rigged are idiots. It's sociopathic in a way. In our industry there is absolutely no reason to lie. Going to college is considered a liability in the industry.
9:58 - 12:18 If you lie about this what else are you lying about? This is a fundamental trust issue. What do you think Niel?
12:18- 12:58 Niel: Supposedly I heard that he lobbied for the job. He begged for the job. Remember they hired him really fast? People who previously worked at PayPal hate that guy. I think this guy's a bit of a disaster
12:58 - 14:00 Lon: Then how did he get this job?
14:00 - 15:15 Niel - I think there's somewhat of a trend. 10 years ago the best way to be a VC was to go to college with one and be their roommate.
15:15 - 15:42 Could you imagine going to the Winklevosses? They thought the cloud was going to be big in 2012, wow, great insight.
15:42 - 16:50 Discovery purchased Revision3. It was known for DiggNation. What is the advantage of taking on Rev3?
16:50 - 19:48 It's not an epic sale, but it's a single or a double and Discovery got a hell of a deal. If Digg Nation was still going it probably would've been a $50M sale.
19:48 - 21:31 If young people are starting on the web with free content, they'll need to figure this out because niche content will work better than broad content. Discovery is a moneymaking machine.
21:31 - 23:18 One thing if you're building these companies and you want to be protected, you need to have a good lawyer. eMinutes is a great company and helping entrepreneurs avoid making legal mistakes. eMinutes thank you for sponsoring the program. Everyone thank eMinutes.
23:18 - 24:01 Lon: Washington Post has purchased Digg. How long does Digg have? Will they continue to be a company after this? How does a buyout like this work?
24:01 - 24:48 When Kevin Rose finally writes his book it's going to be amazing. In 60 days he sold Milk to Google, Revision3 to Discovery and Digg to washington post. It kind of feels like a Gowalla sale.
24:48 - 27:28 There's something fishy going on here and I think there was a falling out. Greylock got their hands on both of these deals. What are your thoughts?
27:28 - 28:04 Let's say the portfolio is either short or it's long, that is going to factor into their decision making. What do you think Jon?
28:04 - 28:28 Jon: It really is sad and I was pretty sure Kevin wanted to sell so if the founders wanted to sell, then who didn't want to sell?
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