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Russell often writes pretty good blog posts, but parts of his rant against business model-less Web 2.0 startups is bad analysis. Not all media must be monetized by charging the consumer. Advertising enables an indirect, brand or lead-generation, revenue model. Notable examples, Google and Yahoo. With the demand for leads in the real estate/housing business, […]

Business is a good game - lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money. - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari

FON, the wireless Internet company, has raised €18 million from a Who’s Who of Internet companies and venture capitalists. The round was led by Index Ventures and other investors are Google, Skype and Sequoia Capital.
To me it seems like some major IP players putting a modest amount of money into a company that […]

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