Web 4.48

• Some Rules of Web Video We Still Must Heed
  Posted by Howard on July 21st, 2008 at 5:00 am, Comments: 1 comment

  1. First of all, I agree with Ashkan – it’s the content stupid . 2. Because of Rule 1, you can’t force advertisers. Google’s buy [...]

• Web Video…So Many Problems, So Few Solutions…For Now!
  Posted by Howard on May 4th, 2008 at 9:55 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  Mark Cuban is pretty hateful on web video. He has hated YouTube forever. Hate does not make you money. His hate has been misplaced. He [...]

• Today's Lesson: How to Call a Top!
  Posted by Howard on October 18th, 2007 at 8:30 am, Comments: 2 comments

  It’s easy. Just keep calling for it. I have said China was topping at least twice including yesterday. Josh Kopelman has an excellent post written [...]

• Google/YouTube Video Adsense…A Historic Day for Web Video?
  Posted by Howard on October 9th, 2007 at 7:59 am, Comments: 5 comments

  It seems that way with Google’s release of Video Adsense. Straight from the horse’s mouth . I sold half my Google position in celebration of [...]

• Web Trends…The $100k for My Kid's Education Better Spent on a Their Start-Ups
  Posted by Howard on October 6th, 2007 at 9:27 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  Paul Graham’s essay – The Future of Web Startups – has become pretty viral in the VC and Nerd Community. Rightly so…it’s awesome. Not so [...]

• Covestor Gets Crunched
  Posted by Howard on October 4th, 2007 at 9:42 am, Comments: 1 comment

  Mike’s an ass (TechCrunch) and he and I have come to an understanding about that (he thinks I despise him..I don’t), but Covestor was Crunched [...]

• Mint.com vs. Wesabe.com…Cage/Cat Fight
  Posted by Howard on September 26th, 2007 at 4:36 pm, Comments: 6 comments

  Not realy, just Meghann from Lindzonmerica putting both to the test. Meghann’s financial life is pretty simple but stressful like the rest of us. I [...]

• Buddy Media…A Project with 'Buddies' raises $1.5 million…My Fund Included
  Posted by Howard on September 23rd, 2007 at 8:22 pm, Comments: 4 comments

  All Facebook is breaking the story here . I am just going to let Mike execute as he always does, but in a nutshell: The [...]

• Social Network for The Dead
  Posted by Howard on September 23rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm, Comments: No comments yet

  I love this idea . Nicholas Carr has all the gory details . This makes sense for me if I could get comfy with the [...]

• Financial Services on the Web
  Posted by Howard on September 22nd, 2007 at 6:39 am, Comments: 1 comment

  This is obviously a giant market. The big banks are in the game, Schwab, E-trade, Quicken, Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, The Street.com, even Wallstrip :) [...]

• Mint.com…Cool and Refreshing
  Posted by Howard on September 18th, 2007 at 9:35 pm, Comments: 7 comments

  I am excited about the potential for Mint.com . I think young people will be all over this. Eddie just emailed me and likes it. [...]

• Another Deep Thought – Web 2.0 not a Bubble, but Dead…Long live web 4.48!
  Posted by Howard on September 6th, 2007 at 5:20 pm, Comments: 2 comments

  The trend in start-ups may be accelerating but Web 2.0 is definitely over. If you don’t have a killer plan and a smart way to [...]

• Could Yahoo be a BUY?
  Posted by Howard on August 8th, 2007 at 5:39 am, Comments: 1 comment

  Would it not be sweet to see the bear market contained to homebuilder, mortgage and housing stocks. It would be nice to see the idiotic [...]

• Wallstrip – expanding the conversation…
  Posted by Howard on December 27th, 2006 at 1:00 pm, Comments: 7 comments

  My friend Shane from Wall Street Fighter has offered up some constructive criticism of Wallstrip. He asks the questions we ask everyday. His main concern [...]

• Borat and Paris Hilton have something in common AND it makes them web 2.0 celebrity monsters!
  Posted by Howard on November 15th, 2006 at 8:52 pm, Comments: 3 comments

  I was ripping on web 2.0 the other day. My more experienced friend – Mark – expanded on the topic. Months ago I decided to [...]