This week, Mark takes on the changes of both Facebook and Netflix, as the internet is in “construction mode”. He welcomes AnyBeat founder Dmitry Shapiro, who has some experience in the internet video/multimedia space with both Veoh and MySpace Music. The two discuss the waning of anonymity on the internet, and the birth of a new term the two coined, called “Pseudonimity”. Mark also puts his two cents in on the Netflix change and the creation fo Qwikster. We’d like to thank our sponsors Fenwick & West and Assistly. Go to Assistly.com/VC for an exclusive This Week in Venture Capital special offer. For more, visit thisweekin.com “00:20 Mark’s cold open on today’s guest taking on Facebook 01:45 Mark introduces guest Dmitry Shapiro and discusses his history with Akonix, Veoh, and WeekendU 07:00 Worrying about losing control of a company. 08:30 Coaching people in avoiding loss of control 09:15 Mark’s cynicism towards young entrepreneurs 11:00 Being a good actor in the world of Venture Capital 12:20 “”You have to do the stuff you love””-Dmitry Shapiro 12:45 Mark talks Assistly’s purchase by SalesForce for $50 million 15:45 Creating the idea of Veoh – Building a TV broadcasting system over the internet 17:00 Building one’s own p2p network without bitTorrent 18:00 Problems raising money in the video space 20:00 “”Nobody is ever going to want to watch video on the internet”” 22:43 How ridiculous it is that Yahoo doesn’t have an answer to YouTube 25:00 Veoh vs Copyright Infringement …
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- Venture Capital – Dmitry Shapiro, Founder of AnyBeat