http://www.torstensson.com/blog Not yet typecasted Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:36:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Swedish-based Primelabs, operator of the popular Twingly ping and blog search service which connect blogs with media sites like Dagens Nyheter, SvD and IDG, has received a 10 million Swedish krona investment from Servisen. http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2007/08/06/primelabs-raises-10-msek-from-servisen/ “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” - John Maynard Keynes http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2007/07/30/when-the-facts-change-i-change-my-mind-what-do-you-do-sir/ Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick seems to have been the trigger of a lot of acquisition activity (Microsoft-Acquantive, WPP for 247/ Real Media, Yahoo for Right Media, AOL for AdTech). It seems like the prices are getting really rich (and I’m an apologist for eBay-Skype and Google-YouTube). Of course there ... http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2007/05/20/on-trigger-happy-fingers/ It’s hard to identify talent, but great people don’t look for jobs, great people are sold on jobs. And if they’re sold they’re going to say no at first. You have to win them over. - Joe Kraus, co-founder of Excite (in Founders at Work) http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2007/05/12/great-people-are-sold-on-jobs/ Yesterday I got my hands on an early beta of the music player Spotify. Spotify aims to be an an ad-financed iTunes-like client connected to a large archive of songs that are streamed via encrypted P2P technology. The client and streaming technology is great and once/if the rights issues are ... http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2007/05/03/spotify-great-music-player/ BitTorrent, Inc to acquire Swedish uTorrent AB. “Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and µTorrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent’s exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent’s efficient implementation and compelling UI ... http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2006/12/07/bittorrent-acquires-utorrent/ “Chance favors the prepared mind” — Louis Pasteur http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2006/12/05/chance-favors-the-prepared-mind/ “Success is really doing what you love and doing it well.” - Warren Buffett http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2006/12/05/success-is-really-doing-what-you-love-and-doing-it-well/ Don Dodge thinks Yahoo’s 2003 acquisition of Overture was 8th worst billion dollar acquisition of an Internet company. I would probably put it at the top of my best billion dollar Internet acquisitions list (if I did keep such a list). Yahoo got Overture at a low valuation (about 2x ... http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2006/11/25/oveture-was-not-a-bad-acqusition/ I’m going to be at the SIME conference tomorrow and Thursday. http://www.torstensson.com/blog/2006/11/21/sime-time/