Enjoyed this video with Mark Suster interviewing with Chris Dixon.
Key Takeaways for Entrepreneurs
- Read the analyst reports for your public incumbents’ companies to gain insights and an edge on your large competitors
- Help journalists find their story angle when covering your company. This makes their life easier while generating good PR for your company. Also, respect the profession. Journalists are under a lot of pressure to get good stories in. Help them do their jobs, and they’ll return the favor
Some Other Key Takeaways
- NYC is known for consumer-facing, user experience startups. Chris is hoping this is the longer term secular trend (and, so am I)
- There was a distrust for equity that came out of the 1.0 crash. Mark and Chris would like to see a renewed trust for equity and an understanding for its value
- Friends are not predictive of you, but your likes are (I’m completely on board with this. I value the interest graph much more than the social graph)
- There is a movement to normalize people, places and products online. Foursquare is a leader in this (and, I’m very excited about this trend. The web is messy, but if we can standardize these three verticals, it’ll be a huge step in organizing the web and users’ social experiences and activities)
