Monthly Archives: February 2009

What targeted advertising and nuclear power have in common

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Amidst all the concern over targeted advertising and consumer privacy, I did a guest piece for Adotas on the need for a new model for targeted mobile advertising. Advertisers’ desire for more and more scalable targeted advertising is going to … Continue reading →

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Founder Dilution

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Founders often ask me, “If I own X% after my first investment round, how much will I be diluted through financings until exit?”. There are rules of thumb but there is no good data about what happens to common stock. … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s Beacon 2.0

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

By “Beacon 2.0” I mean the backtracking following the infamous change in the Terms of Service. From the founder’s blog: A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some parts for our users. Over … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s Terms of Service Change: A Line in The Sand

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Nearly two years ago I wrote about the three big trends in social infrastructure: Three big trends define how social infrastructure will evolve in the next few years: the opening up of communities, the battle for ownership of user data … Continue reading →

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For the MIT 100K Participants: Executive Summaries

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

I was invited to speak tonight at the MIT 100K Web/IT track mixer but, unfortunately, I’m sick (which wouldn’t have necessarily prevented me from going) and have lost my voice (which would have made going to the event pointless). So, … Continue reading →

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Racism Has Many Forms

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

A thoughtful post from my friend Brian Shin, founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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