Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 14, 2008
The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? NEA No one owns it Everyone can use it Anyone can improve it Introduces (adds to Levels above) idea of Level 4 Platform In his mind, the key ingredient is that the there needs to be multiple platform service providers. VRM - his company - goal is to provide a Level 4 platform.
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