For a brief chat with other Brits over lunch, the verdict on the conference so far is “mixed”. The big companies panels has been universally slated, because none of them really said anything, and a few people commented on the latent aggressions from the VCs…
On to the afternoon session.
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There were a couple of interesting, but ill-attended talks yesterday before lunch, which I wanted to draw together. June Cohen [http://www.ted.com/index.php/profiles/view/id/13] of the TED Conference [http://www.ted.com/talks?gclid=CKeB5LjIopACFRRSZwodakfhqw] made some interesting points about media, and in particular,
When Ben Huh founded his company [http://www.cheezburger.com] – he bought a bunch of cat photos. Yes, he acquired I Can Has Cheezburger? [http://icanhas.cheezburger.com/?ref=navbar] He created the company, bought the website and closed funding in just 45 days. Since then they’ve launched and
