gigaom.com - 7/1/2009
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Mike Volpi, CEO of Joost, spent his first weekend in California in many months dealing with the blowback from a story in The Sunday Times (of UK) that has the company scaling back its global ambitions in favor of a US-only focus. We talked earlier this evening, and Volpi said none of ...
blog.joost.com - 6/30/2009
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blog.joost.com —
Today we’ve decided to make some changes at
Joost. In these tough economic times, it’s been increasingly...
challenging to operate as an independent, ad-supported online video platform. In order to position ourselves well for the future, we ...
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A Note About Today's Changes
kara.allthingsd.com - 7/6/2009
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kara.allthingsd.com —
Two years ago, Index Ventures was part of
a group that invested $45 million in Joost, the...
then-hot-and-hyped online video service, while bringing on well-known tech exec Mike Volpi (pictured here) as CEO . Now, he is headed to Index as a ...
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Mike Volpi Jumps from Joost to Index: A BoomTown ...
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What Went Wrong With Joost? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... Not Enough Focus: Remember what your mom used to say when you took too big of a bite? If you’re not careful, you’re going to choke. Startups are just like that. Unless you focus, you’re going to choke. Joost couldn’t focus on one single market — and startups need to focus on one market at a time in order to win. ...
Why Joost Failed
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Not Enough Focus: Remember what your mom used to say when you took too big of a bite? If you’re not careful, you’re going to choke. Startups are just like that. Unless you focus, you’re going to choke. Joost couldn’t focus on one single market — and startups need to focus on one market at a time in order to win. ...
Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... April 1, 2009: JoltID sues eBay, Skype in UK.
April 6, 2008: Joost cuts jobs, shifts focus to web-based video delivery to compete better with Hulu.
April 13, 2009: Skype founders rumored ...
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Rumour: Warners to buy Joost
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Lessons from Joost
beyondvc.com 7/1/2009 — I am not going to rehash Om Malik's excellent summary of "What went wrong with Joost" but I did want to dive deeper into a few points. As I have always said, raising too much money can be a curse and not a blessing . Here is an excerpt from my post ...
Rumour: Time Warner to buy Joost
techradar.com 4/27/2009 — According to latest reports, a number of major US media outlets – including Time Warner – are considering buying internet TV company Joost. Joost, launched by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, is soon to finalise a deal with a buyer, according to an unnamed source on CNet. While it was ...
Interview: Mike Volpi: Broadcasters' Own VOD Plans Killed Joost
paidcontent.org 7/7/2009 — Joost was squeezed out of the market by broadcasters picking their own VOD channels instead of aggregators, acknowledges Mike Volpi, who resigned as CEO after abandoning the company’s consumer focus and has joined its equity holder Index ...
Joost Silent On Report It's Shopping Itself, Time Warner Interested
paidcontent.org 4/24/2009 — Joost has given us a "no comment" to reports it's trying to sell itself. The site is pitching itself as an online video platform to cable and satellite providers, with Time Warner ( NYSE: TWX ) Cable amongst those to have "expressed interest", ...
Joost gives up the ghoost —
The Register 6/30/2009
Tries business model 3.0 Joost, the mostly harmless internet TV service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, is hoping the third business model is the charm.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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