Industry Leaders of Tech 2.0: April 2008

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Interview: Chris De Wolfe: CEO, MySpace:? No Third-Party Distribution Partners

Interview: Chris De Wolfe: CEO, MySpace:? No Third-Party Distribution Partners
Excerpt: "I spoke to Chris De Wolfe, the CEO of MySpace, on the JV announced today, and the rationale for forming a separate company on it, instead of being part of the main MySpace.

-- Why a separate JV and why not just be part of MySpace: The rationale was to unify the music industry, and that we are all aligned in the same direction. There are a lot of different projects we will be working on..it is not just a function of them giving us their music content and us making it available for playlists. We will be working with them on original content and other things. We want to create a long term relationship."

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Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’

Image from WikipediaRelated articles on bottom, plus see also:
Imitation Is Flattery? Or Just Bad for Entrepreneurs?
and

Let’s Get Real: Business is Not Personal
http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/lets-get-real-business-is-not-personal/
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Michael Arrington - Talking (Too) Tough At Times - By Alex Hammer

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Taking the payola out of DEMO-ing: The TechCrunch 20 Conference (or, I'm back in the conference business baby!) (2007)
http://www.calacanis.com/2007/01/31/taking-the-payola-out-of-demo-ing-the-techcrunch-20-conference/
and
Demo verses Techcrunch - Strategy Flaw for Techcrunch

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Memo to Chris Shipley: Luca Brasi Sleeps With the Fishes!

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Demo and TechCrunch50: Something By Euripedes?

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You only get to lose your virginity once

Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’
Excerpt:
"The scheduling of the TechCrunch 50 conference, which was announced Wednesday, has pit it directly against DemoFall, a long-standing event geared toward entrepreneurs and their products.

And while TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and CEO Heather Harde insisted in interviews late Wednesday that their selection of September 8-10, 2008, as the dates for TechCrunch 50 was about the availability of an affordable San Francisco venue, Arrington also made his feelings about Demo clear.

"Demo needs to die," Arrington said in the interview. "It's just an old-school model...It clearly involves pay to play, and what we're offering is better.""

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Larry Page and Sergey Brin on Virgle

Image from WikipediaLarry Page and Sergey Brin on Virgle - YouTube
"Want to live on Mars with the Virgle team? Post a video response explaining in 30 seconds why you should be a Virgle Pioneer.
http://www.google.com/virgle "

From
http://www.google.com/virgle :
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An invitation.

Earth has issues, and it's time humanity got started on a Plan B. So, starting in 2014, Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be leading hundreds of users on one of the grandest adventures in human history: Project Virgle, the first permanent human colony on Mars."

YouTube Virgil Channel: http://www.youtube.com/projectvirgle

Google News: Virgle:
Google, Virgin Launch Hoax Mars Settlement
Red Herring

Punk'd by Google and Virgin?
TIME

Google and Virgin Team Up to Spell 'Virgle'
Wired News

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