Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Tom Perkins, Co-Founder, Kleiner - Perkins

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on December 4, 2007

 
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If you would like to hear a Co-Founder of Kleiner - Perkins discuss his new autobiography Valley Boy, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Tom Perkins who is a Co-Founder of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. KPCB is perhaps the best known venture capital investor having backed such companies as Amazon.com, AOL (Time-Warner), Compaq (now owned by H-P) Electronic Arts, Flextronics, Genentech, Google, Intuit, LSI Logic, Macromedia (now owned by Adobe), Sun Microsystems, and Tandem (now owned by H-P). As a leading pioneer, the firm may have been the major influence in shaping the Venture Capital industry during the past 35 years.

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A Second Opinion on the Google Phone

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on November 13, 2007

 
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Summary: If you would like to hear a second expert opinion about the implications of the Google Wireless Phone Open Platform, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Chetan Sharma who is the Founder of Sharma Consulting. His firm specializes in strategy and intellectual property consulting in the wireless industry. Last week we heard from Alan Reiter who is the founder of the Wireless Internet and Mobile Computing consulting firm, and this interview provides a second opinion.  Read more…

The Google Phone

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on November 7, 2007

 
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If you would like to hear an expert opinion about the implications of the Google Wireless Phone Open Platform, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Alan Reiter who is the founder of the Wireless Internet and Mobile Computing consulting firm.

 Length: This audio interview is about 20 minutes long.

The Internet Takes Consumers Away From Local Media (Part 2 of 2)

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on August 28, 2007

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If you are a local media company like a newspaper, radio station, or network TV affiliate, and would like to learn what you can do to regain influence with local consumers who have been migrating to Google and other websites, this interview is for you.  (Part 2 of 2)

Our guest today is Jaan Janes who is a Senior Vide President at the Pulse 360 Division of Seevast Corporation. He recently made a presentation as a member of a panel I hosted at an industry conference for radio stations, metropolitan dailies, and network TV affiliates. The focus was on how to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the Internet. Read more…

The Internet Takes Consumers Away From Local Media (Part 1 of 2)

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on August 25, 2007

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If you are a local media company such as a newspaper, radio station, or network TV affiliate, and would like to learn how to accelerate the ad revenue growth on your website, this interview is for you.  (Part 1 of 2)

Our guest today is Jaan Janes who is a Senior Vide President at the Pulse 360 Division of Seevast Corporation. He recently made a presentation as a member of a panel I hosted at an industry conference for radio stations, metropolitan dailies, and network TV affiliates. The focus was on how to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the Internet. Read more…

A Point-and-Shoot Camcorder for the Mass Market

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on July 11, 2007

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Owing to exponential growth at YouTube nearly everyone is conscious of Internet video. Increasingly, many of us want to make our own. As a result, companies are starting to market un-complex “point-and-shoot” camcorders that make the process simple enough for the mass market.
 
Today’s guest is Rich Phipps who is Director of Business Development at Thomson Audio Video, which markets under the venerable RCA brand. Recently they introduced a $129 “point-and-shoot” camcorder that stores the pictures in solid state memory, instead of tape.

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Slide.com is the YouTube of Slide Shows

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on July 6, 2007

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(Part 1 of 2). If you would like to learn how you can upload your JPEGs to produce a Web-accessible slide show, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Keith Rabois who is a Vice President for Strategy with Slide.com. His company not only permits you to make Web-accessible slide shows, the process generates a url that enables you to insert hyperlinks to the slide shows within the text of your own blog or emails. Read more…

(Part 2 of 2) Avoiding Over-Reliance on Google’s AdSense

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on June 11, 2007

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(Part 2 of 2) If you would like to learn how to reduce your reliance for advertising revenues upon Google’s AdSense, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Lance Podell who is the CEO of Seevast Corporation. He competes successfully with Google’s AdSense and AdWords. Seevast has exclusive relationships with such prominent websites as the online edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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