Comments on: What’s in the Deadpool? http://blog.techcapital.com/2008/09/30/whats-in-the-deadpool/ A venture capital firm focused on building world-class technology companies Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Deadpool 2009 — Tech Capital Partners Blog http://blog.techcapital.com/2008/09/30/whats-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-21195 Deadpool 2009 — Tech Capital Partners Blog Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:32:34 +0000 http://blog.techcapital.com/?p=188#comment-21195 [...] September 2008 I posted What’s in the Deadpool?; a categorization of failed startups (based on TechCrunch coverage). I’ve done the same analysis [...] [...] September 2008 I posted What’s in the Deadpool?; a categorization of failed startups (based on TechCrunch coverage). I’ve done the same analysis [...]

]]> By: Top Reasons for Entering the Deadpool — Tech Capital Partners Blog http://blog.techcapital.com/2008/09/30/whats-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Top Reasons for Entering the Deadpool — Tech Capital Partners Blog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:22:31 +0000 http://blog.techcapital.com/?p=188#comment-1028 [...] my last post, What’s in the Deadpool?, I listed the various types of companies that had entered the TechCrunch deadpool from 2007 to the [...] [...] my last post, What’s in the Deadpool?, I listed the various types of companies that had entered the TechCrunch deadpool from 2007 to the [...]

]]> By: It’s the end of the world, as we know it | DavidCrow.ca http://blog.techcapital.com/2008/09/30/whats-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-749 It’s the end of the world, as we know it | DavidCrow.ca Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:10:17 +0000 http://blog.techcapital.com/?p=188#comment-749 [...] What’s in the deadpool?  [...] [...] What’s in the deadpool?  [...]

]]> By: Jesse Rodgers http://blog.techcapital.com/2008/09/30/whats-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Jesse Rodgers Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:35:32 +0000 http://blog.techcapital.com/?p=188#comment-540 Interesting... What I see in that is that where are major players that are seeing dominance in the last three years you see a lot of people going after them and a lot of failures. Social and media networks (Facebook, mySpace, youTube, etc). As you trail off to the 5% crowd there are still some successful 'brand' names in those markets. Do the lower percentages 2% or less point to an opportunity for someone or does it mean no one is bothering for a reason (like IP issues)? I am surprised there aren't more social networks up there... every other day another one started up a year or so ago. Today it's still a dominate start-up label... Interesting… What I see in that is that where are major players that are seeing dominance in the last three years you see a lot of people going after them and a lot of failures. Social and media networks (Facebook, mySpace, youTube, etc). As you trail off to the 5% crowd there are still some successful ‘brand’ names in those markets. Do the lower percentages 2% or less point to an opportunity for someone or does it mean no one is bothering for a reason (like IP issues)?

I am surprised there aren’t more social networks up there… every other day another one started up a year or so ago. Today it’s still a dominate start-up label…

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