December 28, 2007 by admin.

Hulu just launched a “private beta”.  I would like to say that I was contacted by HULU and given one of the few exclusive private Beta invites  but I cant say that: The private Beta is about as private as Howard Stern’s book. Either way I have used the site and it was pretty impressive. It was clean, easy to use and the video quality was excellent. Venture Beat,in it’s overall  severely flawed analysis , strangly noted that “Hulu’s primary problem is that it doesn’t own any of the content on its site and is beholden to its content partners such as NBC and Fox.”  .  That seems like an advantage to us. In other words because this is a joint venture NBC and Fox are in a great position to become a leader if not the leader in the media driven web 2.0 world. Content is king. NBC and Fox own alot of content. NBC and Fox own 90% of Hulu. They will market the hell out of it. Given the low barriers to entry in the video market Hulu should succeed in a big way. Joost and others will likely end up in the dust. This is the first step in cutting out the middlemen like Youtube and others…..Of course nothing is that simple, Google will “fight back” but the lines have been drawn. Same in the fight with Itunes. Media companies want their content back. And they will get what they want.

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December 2, 2007 by admin.

Been a tough couple of weeks. Something to do with cars and high speed- ( my car and someone elses high speed) in any case back to writing. We had a Tri State Angel meeting. Good turnout.  Good Companies. We received many company applications and chose 4. We will write more about some of them. We chose a stroller that turns into a bike, a skin care company, a social search engine, and a technology for smart buildings. More Later. Oh, we also  formally launched another company- in the legal services Biz. More on all at the right time.

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