'local' Tag

• Maybe Local matters after all

  November 6, 2013

  Two years ago I wrote a short blurb entitled, “Does Local Matter?” in which I provocatively questioned the future relevance of the Local network component in the overhyped buzzwords of Social / Local / Mobile. We even jumped on the bandwagon by launching a tax-optimizing holding vehicle called SoLoMoCo to focus on this fad. So […]

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark bivens

• Does Local matter ?

  December 8, 2011

  We hear the repeated siren’s call of social / local / mobile.  As of matter of fact, this year’s LeWeb conference captures this three-part mantra as its very theme.  And you’d be hard-pressed to find a VC fund in Europe today not following this guiding light for its investment strategy. Among the takeaways of LeWeb’11, […]

  posted in technology, venture capital by mark