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InfoChachkie
JULY 18, 2011
Along with Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and Marcia Brown’s Stone Soup , the seemingly innocuous board game Monopoly has played a pivotal role in the edification of several generations of entrepreneurs. The First Mover Advantage in Monopoly is real, but just like in business, its long-term value is nominal. Hands On Learning.
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DECEMBER 5, 2010
When Time Warner & AOL merged it was widely feared that this would be a monopoly that would control the Internet. People feared they were going to have a monopoly over the Internet due to “bunding&# Internet Explorer with their operating system. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.
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AUGUST 27, 2012
1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. It simply hasn’t played out in history.
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APRIL 1, 2014
TrueCar had to spend nearly 2 years working with state legislatures in nearly every state in America to prove that its business model – again, to be clear “price transparency so you know how much others paid for cars” – was legal. Even governments don’t like losing their monopoly – control of the media.
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DECEMBER 5, 2010
When Time Warner & AOL merged it was widely feared that this would be a monopoly that would control the Internet. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. Or was it.
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JUNE 6, 2012
You also can make a lot of money if you’re a distributor to head-end markets, mostly these are monopolies, oligopolies or sometimes even mafia run businesses ( for a great book on the emergence of these businesses read Lew Wasserman, The Last Mogul. Mostly everybody else languishes. Sadly, no Kindle edition).
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
I don’t believe that I have monopoly on good ideas for the companies in which I invest so to me, the more the merrier. I don’t mind flexing up the amount available or flexing down (I will gladly take the whole round if needed / desired). Kind of obvious. Angels add domain experience. Angels have additional networks.
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