Found a bit of good news for my Startup 2.0 today. According to the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey from media law firm Wiggin, TIOTI is approaching Digg in terms of overall awareness in the UK. It actually surpasses Digg in a few demographic slices. The deets are on Slide 115 for anyone who clicks through to the ...

Another shout-out to a fellow entrepreneur today. BuddyTV here in Seattle just landed US$6mm in funding from Madrona Venture Group. I've met with Andy Liu, one of the founders at BuddyTV, several times over the past year. He strikes me as a true entrepreneur with all the right stuff to form ...

Someone asked me recently what technology inspires me. Oddly, the question sort of took me by surprise. I've been so heads-down in one startup and then the next that I didn't have a list at the ready. The answer I gave, incidentally, was Ruby on Rails. I haven't been so inspired ...

I don't like to think of myself as old, but I guess my next major b-day is the big four-oh. In the land of social networking, that makes me ummm, like, a fossil or something. (sarcasm) For a while, I just didn't "get it." Two little kids didn't leave much ...

Bubble alert. Pantone 805 (bright orange, for the unitiated) is on the cover of Wired this month. The last time this color frequented the magazine was back in 2000-2002 -- the time when the Web 1.0 economy hit a little speed bump that some of you might remember. Is it mere ...

Friday's post got me thinking over the weekend. I have a pretty clear opinion on why the business of television is in flux. But are deals like NextNewNetworks proving me wrong? First, let me summarize my view of TV today. Viewership is declining and has been for years. Any number of ...

I just saw that NextNewNetworks has secured B-round funding to the tune of $15mm. It’s a nice follow-up to the $8mm they raised from Spark Capital in early 2007, and testament to the audience they’re building rather quickly. I heard an early overview of their then-unannounced business model from co-founder Fred ...