Comments on: The YouTube Killer. http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/the-youtube-killer/ Thoughts on sales, marketing and the internet. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon Chen http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/the-youtube-killer/#comment-60946 Simon Chen Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:42:45 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/?p=598#comment-60946 Pyrmont, don't you think a lot of the success we see online (and off) is all about the timing? I agree, Cuban was lucky to sell Broadcast.com to Yahoo! when he did for $5.9 billion (in stock). He perhaps was also lucky to divest his holdings when he did. He may be considered by some in the industry as a maverick, but he's street-smart and knows how to build and then sell businesses. Pyrmont, don’t you think a lot of the success we see online (and off) is all about the timing? I agree, Cuban was lucky to sell Broadcast.com to Yahoo! when he did for $5.9 billion (in stock). He perhaps was also lucky to divest his holdings when he did. He may be considered by some in the industry as a maverick, but he’s street-smart and knows how to build and then sell businesses.

]]> By: Pyrmont http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/the-youtube-killer/#comment-60884 Pyrmont Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:19:26 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/?p=598#comment-60884 Mark Cuban is dreaming. He has had a bee in his bonnet about Gtube, for a while...kinda old news... Yes he has got the odd billion or two after his name, however one could argue that, his luck was in the timing...He sold at the right price and got out at the right price...newer entrants were not so lucky... So for him to come out and bag Gtube this early in the piece is way too rich.. Yes YouTutbe has been out for a while and yes they are having issues, monetizing at the present...however...we are kinda moving into phase 2 of User Generated Content... It is still early days people... Mark Cuban is dreaming. He has had a bee in his bonnet about Gtube, for a while…kinda old news…

Yes he has got the odd billion or two after his name, however one could argue that, his luck was in the timing…He sold at the right price and got out at the right price…newer entrants were not so lucky…

So for him to come out and bag Gtube this early in the piece is way too rich..

Yes YouTutbe has been out for a while and yes they are having issues, monetizing at the present…however…we are kinda moving into phase 2 of User Generated Content…

It is still early days people…

]]> By: BanjoSmyth http://blog.eightblack.com/2008/the-youtube-killer/#comment-60581 BanjoSmyth Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:02:52 +0000 http://blog.eightblack.com/?p=598#comment-60581 nice blog mate I like your ideas! keep up the good work! Cheers Banjo nice blog mate

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