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The Proof was not in the Pudding: Pudding Media is Shutting Down

VC Cafe

In its early days, the company offered free VOIP calls to landlines, with a plan to monetize those calls by contextually matching ads to the content of the conversation. So what went wrong? According to Ariel, Pudding Media’s CEO, the company was ahead of its time.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

Here’s my take on B2B – if you look at the US ecosystem, most of the high flying B2B companies got to their level of growth because of fast sales cycles. These fast sales cycles tend to come from selling to other startups. And that sales cycle can be long. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48
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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

Here’s my take on B2B – if you look at the US ecosystem, most of the high flying B2B companies got to their level of growth because of fast sales cycles. These fast sales cycles tend to come from selling to other startups. And that sales cycle can be long. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48