0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/27/2009
Yesterday I blogged about how the new rage seems to be startup seed programs. Not even a day later, another program was announced. This time around the lucky city was Austin (which I haven’t been to, but put on a pedestal). Below are some details from TC. “As with other similar programs, Capital Factory offers […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/26/2009
VC’s are not doing too hot right now. Portfolio companies are largely struggling in this economy, the IPO and M&A markets are bleak right now, raising capital for new funds has been a struggle for most, capital calls have been flakey, and flat out a lot of VC’s are looking at prior investments and valuations […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/25/2009
Generally speaking, DirectTV is a viewed as a product and service that is believed to be for the large part superior to most cable providers. Verizon and ATT are doing their best to change that, but the likes or Time Warner and Comcast are not doing much to help that sentiment. One of the most […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/22/2009
In an attempt to quell my disappointment with the OSU basketball team, I watched wrestling. No, not the kind with fireworks, costumes, and entrance music, but the real kind. Ohio State was in contention for a national championship and being a former a wrestler it was definitely worth a watch. In the end, they had […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/21/2009
The Buckeyes lost the best game of the tournament thus far. It was pretty painful. Check out my Bucknuts article if you want to absorb my disappointment. It sucked. “Every possession in the second half seemed to consist of 20 seconds spent around half court, barely avoiding turnovers, ten second calls, and over and backs. […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/19/2009
About a month ago, I wrote a pretty heavy harsh piece on Fox’s failed foray into covering college football. The meat of this blog post was centered around, Fox owned Scout.com’s $5 million lawsuit settlement offer to former publishers. It still baffles me that no major publication wants to run with this story as Scout’s […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/18/2009
Twitter just got a huge round of funding, has celebrities in the hundreds using it (Rich Rodriguez, Pete Carrol, and Charlie Villanueva tweeting during halftime no less) , and has a user base growing at nearly 25% month over month. It’s become politicians new best friend and has made headlines in every way imaginable over […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/17/2009
I am doing some work on the side for The Basketball Jones. Its a tremendous show obviously, else I wouldn’t be involved with it. They are experimenting with producing digital shorts. Below is their latest. Its already been viewed 300,000 times. Enjoy and if you are interested in working with TBJ, just drop me an […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/16/2009
Before I get into the meat of this blog, I wanted to pass along this. Someone on a message board I frequent knew the bracket seedings 30 minutes before the announcement show. The thread has been deleted (why?), but this person correctly told of the four number one seeds, that Ohio State was a 8 […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/13/2009
Yes you read that headline right. 6 overtimes. 6 different times the clock hit zero and the scoreboard was tied. The amount of amazing and ridiculous that oozed out of this game was worthy of the lofty title and pedestal we put on March Madness. Where do you start with a game like this? How […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/10/2009
Yeah I know, Facebook is not even public yet. Yet somehow it seems as if its staying power and momentum could jolt them into the realm of a Google or Apple. Monetizing social networking is not easy, but with the amount of users Facebook has, the Fortune 500 is not too far fetched at all. […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/8/2009
This is part 3 in my 3 part series titled “Here are some Blogs about online advertising I am writing before the Ohio State game that they better freaking win”. Of late, many online advertising thought leaders have lamented that display advertising is dying or in major need of a shakeup. In a nutshell, the […]
0 comments by Ben Koo
This is part 2 in my 3 part series titled “Here are some Blogs about online advertising I am writing before the Ohio State game that they better freaking win”. Its hard to define conversational marketing or viral marketing in layman’s terms. If I had to try I would say it would be injecting and […]
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This is part 1 in my 3 part series titled “Here are some Blogs about online advertising I am writing before the Ohio State game that they better freaking win”. A week ago I wrote a blog on SB Nation’s content sharing deal with Yahoo Sports, in which I pointed out they had a similar […]
0 comments by Ben Koo on 3/6/2009
You have probably not seen what I am about to show you. It’s not for everyone, but if you like the NBA and have a good sense of humor this is probably up your alley. I am doing some work with The Basketball Jones, trying to secure a partnership or sponsorship for their show. Below […]
