Would you like to tune into a wavelength describing state-of-the-art Internet business models? If so, Jason Calacanis has what you want.
You see, Battelle’s model is predicated on Rafat and Om deciding to stay in phase two or keep their relationship with Federated in phase three–which they are obviously not willing to do. That’s why we canned the Federated Media /BlogAds model when we started Weblogs, Inc. We started out with the reveune share/repping model and Brian and I quickly decided that owning the IP/brands was a much better play. [Background.]
It appears easy to get $1 million to fund a web startup right now.