Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2022
When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is over $900 billion. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2019
When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is around $400 billion. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.
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Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 18, 2013
MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo! acquired by AOL in 2006), a Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Studios, and a senior business and legal affairs executive at New Line Cinema and Savoy Pictures Entertainment. On Demand). Csathy was President and Chief Operating Officer of MusicMatch, Inc.,
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. Their only option is an IPO.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 13, 2013
When their deep pockets went empty, Google stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is about $126 billion. Myspace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon crashed.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 15, 2017
When their deep pockets went empty, Facebook stepped in, but demanded revenue from ads. Yet I can’t argue their success in the value proposition, since they turned down a billion dollar offer from Yahoo way back in 2006, and their market cap today is around $400 billion. MySpace wasn’t ready for this, and it soon faded.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Competitors: Gowalla.
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