Future of the Net: Insight from Web 2.0 & Startup School 09
I had an opportunity to spend part of the day watching videos from Startup School 09 and Web 2.0 Summit 09. I am always intrigued by some of the success stories, hardships and visions of some of the great leaders / entrepreneurs of Internet based companies. Below are a few videos from the Web 2.0 conference with Sergey Brin from Google and Tim Armstrong from AOL which are both companies IKANO is fortune to work with. Moving forward content and applications / communication tools that drive people to that content will continue to be a large part of the focus for Internet companies like Google and AOL. Fortunately in my opinion there is a great deal of room for content providers and unique application providers on the web. Though a number of things will be driven by larger players in the space I think there is plenty of room for smaller niche players which will continue to drive innovation.
Web 2.0 Summit 09: Sergey Brin and John Battelle, “A Conversation with Sergey Brin”
Web 2.0 Summit 09: Tim Armstrong and John Battelle, “A Conversation with Tim Armstong”