VCs funding the social web
Om Malik, former "fish" (aka Red Herring journalist) covers some of the latest goings on in the social web space in this post, GigaOm: Essays: For VCs, Blogging is the Next New Thing. From what I hear he gets most of it right--even the fact that I'm working on a start-up, but his description is a little off! And I don't think there is a cap "S" in Feedster (where's the crack Herring copy-edit team when you need them!) He forgot to mention that Ringo was just acquired by eMode and missed the enterprise plays in this space, but it's a worthy post.
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Chris Alden
Christopher J. Alden is Chairman & CEO of Six Apart, Ltd., the world's largest blogging company. Six Apart acquired Rojo Networks, Inc., creator of an innovative RSS feed reading service, where Mr. Alden was co-founder and CEO. Before Rojo, he was CEO of Red Herring Communications, Inc., publisher of Red Herring magazine -- described by the Wall Street Journal as the "bible of Silicon Valley" - which he helped launch out of his house in 1993. Prior to that he founded Computer Guides, a consultancy, and taught computer studies at Crystal Springs Uplands school. Mr. Alden also has a background in real estate development and hotel management, having worked for Western Land Corporation and Woodside Hotels & Resorts.
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you have to admit, FeedSter is much cooler than Feedster.