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It's not supposed to help you execute anything; it's an advertisement.
by jblow 7y ago
It's not supposed to help you execute anything; it's an advertisement.
- dredmorbius 7y agoExplain?
- vmurthy 7y agoNot 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 agoThanks 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 agoThat'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 agoIf 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/