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As the years go by, I feel more and more underwhelmed by these. It feels very surface level, handwavy. How would one execute anything but decisions based on con

As the years go by, I feel more and more underwhelmed by these. It feels very surface level, handwavy. How would one execute anything but decisions based on confirmation bias using this information?

jblow 7y ago
It's not supposed to help you execute anything; it's an advertisement.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Explain?
  - vmurthy 7y ago
    Not the OP but I dug a little into which company published this. The link takes you to "Bond Cap" which seems to be an offshoot of Kleiner Perkins [1] . Bond Cap is another VC fund according to their webpage [2]. Putting 2 and 2 together: if you were a prospective investor and are considering two firms A and B and A happens to publish a report every year that seems to indicate that they know the internet landscape very well, who would you invest with ( other things being equal of course )? [1] Wikipedia says that Ms Meeker works for Kleiner Perkins.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Meeker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Meeker [2] https://www.bondcap.com/#investments https://www.bondcap.com/#investments
    - lioeters 7y ago
      Thanks for sharing your findings! I've been reading Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends Report for a while now, and I've found it informative. But it does make sense that the motivation behind it might be marketing/advertisement for a VC firm. The reports are a kind of proof that they do thorough research and have domain expertise.
    - dredmorbius 7y ago
      That's fairly much as I'd suspected (though it'd be nice to hear OP's rationale). I'm coming to the conclusion that much publishing is really a highly-ornate calling card or advertisement.
      - vmurthy 7y ago
        If you follow a16z podcasts or their blogs, you’ll see they too doing quite a bit of this :-) https://a16z.com/posts/ https://a16z.com/posts/
decebalus1 7y ago
do you think they would have anything to gain by disclosing the actual nitty gritty business intelligence?
- asfarley 7y ago
  I don't know why the original comment is being downvoted. I think this is a fair point. It should be possible to give the readers a taste of the actionable business intelligence without giving it all away, shouldn't it? They have the same thing to gain as any other company giving away demos.

As the years go by, I feel more and more underwhelmed by these. It feels very surface level, handwavy. How would one execute anything but decisions based on confirmation bias using this information?

jblow 7y ago

It's not supposed to help you execute anything; it's an advertisement.

dredmorbius 7y ago
Explain?
- vmurthy 7y ago
  Not the OP but I dug a little into which company published this. The link takes you to "Bond Cap" which seems to be an offshoot of Kleiner Perkins [1] . Bond Cap is another VC fund according to their webpage [2]. Putting 2 and 2 together: if you were a prospective investor and are considering two firms A and B and A happens to publish a report every year that seems to indicate that they know the internet landscape very well, who would you invest with ( other things being equal of course )? [1] Wikipedia says that Ms Meeker works for Kleiner Perkins.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Meeker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Meeker [2] https://www.bondcap.com/#investments https://www.bondcap.com/#investments
  - lioeters 7y ago
    Thanks for sharing your findings! I've been reading Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends Report for a while now, and I've found it informative. But it does make sense that the motivation behind it might be marketing/advertisement for a VC firm. The reports are a kind of proof that they do thorough research and have domain expertise.
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    That's fairly much as I'd suspected (though it'd be nice to hear OP's rationale). I'm coming to the conclusion that much publishing is really a highly-ornate calling card or advertisement.
    - vmurthy 7y ago
      If you follow a16z podcasts or their blogs, you’ll see they too doing quite a bit of this :-) https://a16z.com/posts/ https://a16z.com/posts/

decebalus1 7y ago

do you think they would have anything to gain by disclosing the actual nitty gritty business intelligence?

asfarley 7y ago
I don't know why the original comment is being downvoted. I think this is a fair point. It should be possible to give the readers a taste of the actionable business intelligence without giving it all away, shouldn't it? They have the same thing to gain as any other company giving away demos.