Although there are some 'straw man' aspects to any story like this, I think it's pretty clear that in today's startup economy the USV the...
Although there are some 'straw man' aspects to any story like this, I think it's pretty clear that in today's startup economy the USV thesis about network effects is pretty valid. That said, I think the more interesting question is when we will evolve a good way of monetizing networks. Advertising is OK for now, but clearly it doesn't work for all scenarios. For instance, a dental application would be a terrible place for advertising as people don't want ads anywhere near medical records. I once went to a talk by USV and heard something along the lines of this: the first big layer of the internet was the infrastructure layer. The best companies to invest in were Cisco and those who were ahead in that field. Then the infrastructure enabled the provider layer, and AOL and other providers were the big ticket. Then came the application layer, when people like Google started to build interesting applications over the internet. The newest layer is the network layer, which has some overlap with the app layer but is where players like Facebook and Twitter come in. The question is: what's next? What layer will leverage the networks to useful economic extent like all of those other layers have in the past? Whoever has an answer for this will be very, very rich and famous.
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Historically we've seen capitalism be a good thing.
> And if each of your clients is in the Healthcare industry and dealing with end-user medical data?
They already got many many billions.
It is generally believed that the trip is part of the mechanism for healing Interestingly, you can have trips without psychedelics, like...
Yep, the loudest people get the most help.
The real root issue, is that we drastically underfund rehabilitation.
There's also simply no good solution for people with mental health issues.
Cravings can be an incredibly helpful indicator that you have an unmet need.
Although there are some 'straw man' aspects to any story like this, I think it's pretty clear that in today's startup economy the USV the...
Although there are some 'straw man' aspects to any story like this, I think it's pretty clear that in today's startup economy the USV thesis about network effects is pretty valid. That said, I think the more interesting question is when we will evolve a good way of monetizing networks. Advertising is OK for now, but clearly it doesn't work for all scenarios. For instance, a dental application would be a terrible place for advertising as people don't want ads anywhere near medical records. I once went to a talk by USV and heard something along the lines of this: the first big layer of the internet was the infrastructure layer. The best companies to invest in were Cisco and those who were ahead in that field. Then the infrastructure enabled the provider layer, and AOL and other providers were the big ticket. Then came the application layer, when people like Google started to build interesting applications over the internet. The newest layer is the network layer, which has some overlap with the app layer but is where players like Facebook and Twitter come in. The question is: what's next? What layer will leverage the networks to useful economic extent like all of those other layers have in the past? Whoever has an answer for this will be very, very rich and famous.
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