Comments on: Redeye VC: 53,651 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: wenda http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-2564 wenda Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:35:23 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-2564 thank you for your work thank you for your work

]]> By: SiliconBeat http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 SiliconBeat Tue, 16 May 2006 13:29:50 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-2083 <strong>The 53,651 Meme -- and the Silicon Valley geek echo chamber...</strong> Brother LoveThe "53651 meme" took flight this past weekend, fueled by a post from Josh Kopelman. Kopelman, the East Coast angel investor (who we recently mentioned here) says Silicon Valley Web 2.0 startups have fallen into a trap of appealing to a n... The 53,651 Meme — and the Silicon Valley geek echo chamber…

Brother LoveThe “53651 meme” took flight this past weekend, fueled by a post from Josh Kopelman. Kopelman, the East Coast angel investor (who we recently mentioned here) says Silicon Valley Web 2.0 startups have fallen into a trap of appealing to a n…

]]> By: John Furrier http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 John Furrier Sun, 14 May 2006 08:04:02 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-2023 Wow - great post. There is money in boring. I'm just keeping my head down and keep on being boring :-) Like you I love new technologies. It's just a vice for me while I keep on being boring :-) Wow – great post. There is money in boring. I’m just keeping my head down and keep on being boring :-)

Like you I love new technologies. It’s just a vice for me while I keep on being boring :-)

]]> By: GigaOM : » The Myth, Reality & Future of Web 2.0 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 GigaOM : » The Myth, Reality & Future of Web 2.0 Sun, 14 May 2006 03:11:28 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-2017 [...] Dave Winer takes a different perspective, and says, that the number of users matter (or don’t) but it all really depends on what your motivations are: someone who simply champions innovations or someone who invests in the Web 2.0 start-ups. Jeff Nolan sums it up succinctly when he says that none of these things really matter to the people who got money to spend - the enterprise buyers. I don’t mind living in the echo chamber, and I certainly wouldn’t suggest that we get off the hype train or suddenly strive to become boring like so many other industries, but I would caution to not drink the proverbial kool-aid to the degree that we have in the bubblet that we seem to be in for the last year. [...] [...] Dave Winer takes a different perspective, and says, that the number of users matter (or don’t) but it all really depends on what your motivations are: someone who simply champions innovations or someone who invests in the Web 2.0 start-ups. Jeff Nolan sums it up succinctly when he says that none of these things really matter to the people who got money to spend – the enterprise buyers. I don’t mind living in the echo chamber, and I certainly wouldn’t suggest that we get off the hype train or suddenly strive to become boring like so many other industries, but I would caution to not drink the proverbial kool-aid to the degree that we have in the bubblet that we seem to be in for the last year. [...]

]]> By: Tracy Coyle http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Tracy Coyle Sat, 13 May 2006 15:54:35 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-2010 Is it possible that the net has made innovation too easy? Are there too many tech geeks focusing on 'web' projects instead of tech projects? One of the 90's big talking points was how the web was going to make information more available to people. On of the 00's realities is that we are in information overload. del.icio.us and Digg and many others are just using web tech to repackage information into 'easier'? to digest bundles. (So is DailyBlogNews for that matter.) Where is the web tech to DO something better? Tracy Is it possible that the net has made innovation too easy? Are there too many tech geeks focusing on ‘web’ projects instead of tech projects? One of the 90’s big talking points was how the web was going to make information more available to people. On of the 00’s realities is that we are in information overload. del.icio.us and Digg and many others are just using web tech to repackage information into ‘easier’? to digest bundles. (So is DailyBlogNews for that matter.) Where is the web tech to DO something better?

Tracy

]]> By: Jason Wood http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Jason Wood Fri, 12 May 2006 19:36:41 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-1997 Jeff, welcome to my world as a public equity investor. :) In our world, you're almost forced to buy hype before it's tangible if you want to significantly outperform, but yet the longer you're in the business and the more you really understand about the industry (i.e., once you personally know or have worked amongs software company employees and executives), the more you realize that innovation = risk, and you better be damn sure you're getting enough of a risk premium if you're going to put capital to work. That's also one of the more problematic components of the business from a cost standpoint. As others (Charlez Z for one) have eloquently detailed, there's a dilemna of innovation when it comes to established software vendors. You have an ever-increasing burden on R&D and SG&A because you are constantly supporting, maintaining and upgrading existing code while at the same time working feverishly on code for new markets; all the while finding ways to differentiate yourselves in the sales/marketing arena. Jeff, welcome to my world as a public equity investor. :) In our world, you’re almost forced to buy hype before it’s tangible if you want to significantly outperform, but yet the longer you’re in the business and the more you really understand about the industry (i.e., once you personally know or have worked amongs software company employees and executives), the more you realize that innovation = risk, and you better be damn sure you’re getting enough of a risk premium if you’re going to put capital to work.

That’s also one of the more problematic components of the business from a cost standpoint. As others (Charlez Z for one) have eloquently detailed, there’s a dilemna of innovation when it comes to established software vendors. You have an ever-increasing burden on R&D and SG&A because you are constantly supporting, maintaining and upgrading existing code while at the same time working feverishly on code for new markets; all the while finding ways to differentiate yourselves in the sales/marketing arena.

]]> By: New Improved Plan Resonate » Repetitive Stress http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 New Improved Plan Resonate » Repetitive Stress Fri, 12 May 2006 19:18:42 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/12/redeye-vc-53651/#comment-1996 [...] I’m also doing a little reading of the usual online sources. You may be interested to know that Prof. Maeda has published some thoughts on RSI, and Nolan has published some revealing ideas/links about the state of software technology transfer between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. [...] [...] I’m also doing a little reading of the usual online sources. You may be interested to know that Prof. Maeda has published some thoughts on RSI, and Nolan has published some revealing ideas/links about the state of software technology transfer between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. [...]

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