Darren Herman

I thought I’d take some time in light of the recent announcements of Google and Yahoo! (APT) and share some thoughts I’ve had watching this all play out and partaking in this from both the buy & sell side.
The current state of the digital media industry for Google, Yahoo!, and many other smart companies is [...]

Jack Myers just released his analysis of the Upfront pricing.  For those involved in television this is essential.  For those of you who are involved in “online only,” you should be paying attention to this as the line is continuously blurring between online/offline.

As the advertising economy softens heads into the holiday season, and as 2009 [...]

It took lots of negotiating to make this happen, but I’ve convinced Sherri to let me professionally frame and hang some of my concert posters of The Dave Matthews Band in our living room.  This is the most used room in our home when guests come (the bar is second) and it’s only fitting to [...]

Will Lion

Will the Dream become the new iPhone?  Excited to hear some feedback.

According to Bloomberg Worldwide, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have been cleared to become bank holding companies.
“The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday approved, pending a statutory five-day antitrust waiting period, the applications of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies,” the central bank said in an e-mailed press release in Washington.
Fed officials [...]

For those of you who could not make it out to Fred Wilson’s keynote at that Web2.0 Expo about the birth of the Internet industry in NYC, you should take 25 minutes and watch the video below.  Anyone will find this video interesting, but if you were around the alley in the 90s when things [...]

It’s amazing how quickly this list can change, as it just circulated on the 17 September 2008.  Note that this is a European study.
Ranking/Firm European Headquarters
1. Goldman Sachs [...]

I was over at the Web2.0 Expo at the Javits Center this morning as I spoke about how to get advertising dollars for your startup.  The talk went very well (I think) and props to Nate and Michael for putting Web2Open together.
Before the presentation this morning, I spent some time with an investment banker friend [...]

Talk about open communications.  Not many CEO’s are available every day from 12-4pm PST to talk to whomever.  Marc, the CEO of Wesabe is.  I’m impressed but don’t know how sustainable this is as they grow.  Kudos for them now however.