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Peter Fenton, general partner at Benchmark Capital, discusses what the future may look like with open source software, and how competitors view open source software companies.
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Polese explains the concept of the "long tail".
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Google will always be a search engine, despite any additional directions the company may take, because it is a critical part of the mission the founders Page and Brin have defined. Also, says the company, the search engine is far from perfect and still requires many developments before it is complete.
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Winblad explains that companies use both a .net and a Java standard and neither has taken over. Most likely, neither will. Customers like to have a blend of technologies and programmers like to be looking at the new latest thing so there is currently no force to change to a single standard.
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The advertiser doesn't care what media property they're buying online; they simply want to reach their demographic. Yahoo! President Sue Decker explains how the company did not make the most of its competitive advantage to bring the customer to the right ads and how they were late to measure their advertising's effectiveness. Decker further explains how the company is changing its capabilities today, and improving its speed of delivering...more
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Google's main problem is separating the wheat from the chaff through the mounds of creativity they have on hand, says co-founder Larry Page. There are simply more ideas than time and resources allow them to accomplish.
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Williams gives his views on the evolving competitive landscape in podcasting. He believes that in a new, emerging market, it is about 'growing the pie' and bringing many players into the market to educate the people about the impact and usefulness of the new technology.
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Polese talks about how software has transitioned from a product that generates revenue to a service. She sees the software industry slowly shifting towards this idea.
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Using LinkedIn as an example, Hoffman talks about the three main ideas which drive a successful social networking company. They are: Building a business profile, having a network for search and building an application on top of it. Such a concept not only helps employers to reference check prospective employees, but the other way as well.
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Raikes talks about how companies can be successful at software and hardware, but only within a certain scope. If you're looking at the overall market, it has to be either hardware or software, he says. Within a niche, it is sometimes important to do both.
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Winblad talks about how the market is driven by consumers who want connectivity across devices, customizable products, and fair prices. Communication and collaboration are key to delivering the product the consumers want, she notes. The pricing structure cannot just be made up -- a company must demonstrate they can deliver undeniable short-term return on investment to the customer in order to justify the price.
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In the early days of the company, the market was on fire, and global outreach was key. At the turn of the millennium, the company gained strength and began to monetize their web presence. And since 2006, the company has been striving to reorganize and funnel its content around an integrated audience. President of the company Sue Decker unveils Yahoo!'s latest evolution of strategy, organization, and process, and explains how the company's...more
