Venture Capital, Disruption & The New Media Order
I gave a talk yesterday at the Paley Center for Media to a number of members of the Writer’s Guild of America. The group generally consisted of folks who make or want to make a living by producing content — a job increasingly challenged by the web’s democratizing open platform.
I attempted to explain a little bit about venture capital and its significance in helping fund many of the most innovative companies of our time, how and why those companies tend to disrupt the status quo, the specific impact this disruption has had on the media industry and some practical tips for how to hopefully stay relevant in the new media order.
It was a thoughtful and receptive group. I hope they found the discussion worthwhile. If you’re interested, my slides can be found below.
As an aside, one thing the Internet sure has done is make the process of putting these presentations together so much easier. Images, data and even fully blown charts are all readily available in the public domain for anyone who needs them. Services like Slideshare and Scribd are simply fantastic. The web forces a premium on ideas and richness of discussion vs. the ability to make a fancy graph or chart. Yet another example of how the web enables us to focus on what really matters by making data and information so easily accessible to all.
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