Some B6 Vitamins for Wallstrip/CBS + Skype/Walmart
I've (recently) been accused of being gonzoesque + simultaneously a corporate ho' by different parties at least. So accepting that, there are 2 deals I'm liking today; A VC may or may not have directly or indirectly through a small minority stake of ordinary or series A shares* been positively impacted by the rumour CBS will pay $5m for Wallstrip (to which Dunc cant quantify the build vs buy costs and value of realestate and personal brands on the East Coast: lets face it - CBS wouldnt build same authenticity or effectively do the early days hard yards with the same price, which would barely buy some house ads on its own channels) Also - Skype do a schweet deal with Wal-Mart.
VoipWatch : "Skype is announcing a new retail distribution channel partnership with Wal-Mart, in which a number of Skype Certified devices (webcams, handsets and headsets) and the first pre-paid cards for Skype ($20 Skype Credit and a three-month subscription to the Unlimited Calling plan for $8.85) will be sold in more than 1,800 stores in the U.S."
Duncan Riley who btw is kicking goals and has about 10x his previous/b5's profile (there) at moment (or maybe he is posting so much it's always at the top of my rss reader, but its good to read that aussie vernacular at techcrunch : "It’s been a couple of hours since I wrote the post at TechCrunch and as much as Lindsay Campbell has bigger and better things ahead of her, the $5m figure still doesn’t make sense. CBS isn’t buying for the revenue, and yet Campbell isn’t worth $5m either. What am I missing?"
* Just as coaches and presidents of sporting clubs don't control the players on the field (some say at all, and presidents/owners** even less in a tactical sense, but do from a macros inception pov) when there is a victory, good coaching will always be pointed to. Unless you go for MelbourneFC in the AFL and you are winning with 2 minutes to go, and lose. Hey it's all about trying right ?
** now of course an extreme example of this is selling your company to a portal, buying your sport team, being the owner, and coaching from the rafters....The real question here is what is the value of a successful, though early stage video podcast, and by extension - blog and podcast. My favourite podcast for example : Keith and the Girl, also New Yorkers - hundreds of thousands of daily listeners - I've often wondered what they are worth.. 24 months times their podcast advertising and subscription revenue ? ..or a more Howard Stern 2.0-esque value ? Esp when we are talking finance and defensive Wall Street Journal/Fox Business Channel/MySpace times.. although I say that very tongue in cheek.. so what was the user multiple again :D ?
Extra Link : Venture Beat have a Top 5 VC's (avatar photos) under 40 feature...
VoipWatch : "Skype is announcing a new retail distribution channel partnership with Wal-Mart, in which a number of Skype Certified devices (webcams, handsets and headsets) and the first pre-paid cards for Skype ($20 Skype Credit and a three-month subscription to the Unlimited Calling plan for $8.85) will be sold in more than 1,800 stores in the U.S."
Duncan Riley who btw is kicking goals and has about 10x his previous/b5's profile (there) at moment (or maybe he is posting so much it's always at the top of my rss reader, but its good to read that aussie vernacular at techcrunch : "It’s been a couple of hours since I wrote the post at TechCrunch and as much as Lindsay Campbell has bigger and better things ahead of her, the $5m figure still doesn’t make sense. CBS isn’t buying for the revenue, and yet Campbell isn’t worth $5m either. What am I missing?"
* Just as coaches and presidents of sporting clubs don't control the players on the field (some say at all, and presidents/owners** even less in a tactical sense, but do from a macros inception pov) when there is a victory, good coaching will always be pointed to. Unless you go for MelbourneFC in the AFL and you are winning with 2 minutes to go, and lose. Hey it's all about trying right ?
** now of course an extreme example of this is selling your company to a portal, buying your sport team, being the owner, and coaching from the rafters....The real question here is what is the value of a successful, though early stage video podcast, and by extension - blog and podcast. My favourite podcast for example : Keith and the Girl, also New Yorkers - hundreds of thousands of daily listeners - I've often wondered what they are worth.. 24 months times their podcast advertising and subscription revenue ? ..or a more Howard Stern 2.0-esque value ? Esp when we are talking finance and defensive Wall Street Journal/Fox Business Channel/MySpace times.. although I say that very tongue in cheek.. so what was the user multiple again :D ?
Extra Link : Venture Beat have a Top 5 VC's (avatar photos) under 40 feature...
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