Deadpool 2009

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Research | 2 Comments »

In September 2008 I posted What’s in the Deadpool?; a categorization of failed startups (based on TechCrunch coverage). I’ve done the same analysis for 2009 and the results are below. ... Read more..

Your Silent Partner

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Research | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I read Fred Wilson's post titled "Streaming Kills Piracy" and I completely agree with the point he makes. However, there is one thing (at least here in Ontario) that ... Read more..

Advertising, Where did you go?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

This morning I read about the decision by Condé Nast to shutdown Portfolio magazine. It led me to the Mediaweek Magazine Monitor Master List, which then got me thinking about ... Read more..

Word Clouds: What are they good for?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Research | No Comments »

Word clouds are a great way to quickly visualize word density in large amounts of text. We've all seen word clouds before but not many people create them for their ... Read more..

Common Pitfalls of Market Sizing

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | No Comments »

Rick Segal published a post last week titled The Great Myth of Market Size. The topic of market size has been on my to do list for a while so ... Read more..

Top Reasons for Entering the Deadpool

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Research | No Comments »

In 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 present. Now let's take a ... Read more..

What’s in the Deadpool?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Research | 4 Comments »

If you read TechCrunch with some regularity then you've probably come across the deadpool at some point. The deadpool is the tag TechCrunch gives companies when they have either closed ... Read more..