Consumer Internet Predictions for 2009
For the last two years I’ve been making predictions about the consumer internet, and this year is no exception. First let’s take a look at how I did on last years predictions: 1. Social Media...
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How to use popularity lists to influence your users behavior
Two years ago I asked if crowds generated wisdom, or simply crowdiness. Today’s WSJ has a really interesting article on the same topic, concluding that popularity is self fulfilling and that arbitrary...
View ArticleWhen your brand becomes a verb
Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review writes about the power of the brand as a verb: Perhaps nothing better illustrates how far behind Microsoft is in the search engine wars than a recent comment by...
View ArticleHow to measure how well an online media company is scaling.
Two years ago I posted about the three ways to grow an online media business to $50 million in revenue. In this article I focused on RPM (Revenue per thousand pageviews, = CPM x sell through rate x #...
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2010 Consumer Internet Predictions
Once again, Lightspeed is going to go on record and make some predictions for 2010, in the areas of Consumer Internet, Mobile, Cleantech and Enterprise. I am leading off with our 2010 Consumer Internet...
View Article2011 Consumer Internet Predictions
Once again Lightspeed is going on the record with some prognostications for what the future holds. Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet...
View ArticleInternet/Media: 5 things that will define 2011
Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. 1. Year of Social Utilities With over half a billion users and open graph integration, Facebook is the Internet with...
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Commerce in the Time of Social
The fabric that underlies the social Internet is essentially a new web where people are the nodes, connected through a social graph. This ubiquitous people to people connection with real identities has...
View ArticleSocial Reputation and Our Online Future
The emergence of companies like Getaround, Airbnb and even Yelp are examples of ways that we as consumers are using technology to get more comfortable doing everything from sharing recommendations to...
View ArticleInvesting in Loyalty
“Customer loyalty is the single most important driver of growth and profitability. – Harvard Business Review Today, we are excited to announce our investment in FiveStars. Founded by Victor Ho and...
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