October 9, 2011
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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October 9, 2011
Transcript: BY DANNY MATTESON You’re watching multisource tech news analysis from Newsy. Lightsquared’s plan to launch a nationwide, wholesale, satellite-based 4G LTE broadband network has hit a few significant snags recently. The Colorado Springs Gazette explains. “A planned nationwide wireless Internet system could jam even the military’s use of Global Positioning Satellites while rendering civilian GPS receivers, from in-car navigation systems to those in cell phones, useless, Air Force Space Command’s top general told a congressional committee Thursday.” So what does Lightsquared plan to do about their interference issues? According to Bloomberg move their signal as far away from GPS as possible. “LightSquared … said it would initially forgo using its airwaves nearest to GPS. It said the move would cut interference to more than 99 percent of GPS devices.” But according to TV Technology the FCC doesn’t think that’s good enough. “…using the lower 10 MHz showed significant improvement compared to tests of the upper 10 MHz, although there continue to be interference concerns … with certain types of high precision GPS receivers, including devices used in national security and aviation applications.” Lightsquared’s principal backer, Philip Falcone (Fowl-Cone), however, says the problem isn’t on their end. It lies with the GPS manufacturers, who are encroaching on their airwaves. He tells CNBC… “…the reality of it is they’re interfering with us. We’re not …
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