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No webcast for Horowitz? Why?

by nik_0_0 14y ago

jongold 14y ago
What the hell is that about?
kruken 14y ago
Perhaps they are expecting too many f-bombs...
dudurocha 14y ago
So sad. I was waiting to see him. One of my favorite people on Venture Capital.
deleted 14y ago
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khet 14y ago
..and there I thought my internet connection was lost.
randartie 14y ago
disappointing
jammur 14y ago
It's possible that he might have requested it if he expected to divulge some sensitive information.
- deleted 14y ago
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- manaskarekar 14y ago
  Aren't there tech reporters attending this? Sounds more like for 'exclusivity' of being physically present there kinda thing to me. Any veterans want to comment on whether this is historically consistent or something new?
  - dmor 14y ago
    There are often off the record portions of YC content.
    - jorde 14y ago
      Startup School is very public (space fitted 1700 attendees this year, no word about secrecy). Too bad that Ben's talk wasn't broadcasted as it was really good and entertaining.
- sturadnidge 14y ago
  I doubt attendees had to sign an NDA - even if they did, Scoble is there ;). Pretty lame (not your comment, the 'no webcast').
  - waterlesscloud 14y ago
    Whatever he talks about will get posted somewhere, guaranteed. It's just going to be released in a spotty way now. Lame.
covercash 14y ago
I sent an email to their video support and just got a confirmation that this session is not being webcast. Webcast will resume at 4pm.
- viralbajaria 14y ago
  thanks.. i am sure there is some kind of agreement to not give out information on what he is talking because the liveblog is also not updating anything.
blaines 14y ago
I heard the talk was great. Here's a few fragments... "You only feel two emotions as a founder. Euphoria and Terror. https://twitter.com/cg/status/259789009230893056/photo/1 https://twitter.com/cg/status/259789009230893056/photo/1 http://instagram.com/p/RBYEi3FfBt/ http://instagram.com/p/RBYEi3FfBt/ http://lightt.com/RobertScoble/s/DqvJzkGwUR4pgaEjE9FpK3 http://lightt.com/RobertScoble/s/DqvJzkGwUR4pgaEjE9FpK3 https://twitter.com/AlexWeinstein/status/259783632342880256 https://twitter.com/AlexWeinstein/status/259783632342880256 https://twitter.com/gayle/status/259788576110280704 https://twitter.com/gayle/status/259788576110280704 https://twitter.com/wa7son/status/259785205278187520 https://twitter.com/wa7son/status/259785205278187520
gs7 14y ago
His slides were marked with "confidential, do not distribute". That may have something to do with it. It's unfortunate, his talk was excellent, though he didn't divulge any secrets as far as I could tell.
rachelbythebay 14y ago
Maybe nobody wanted to show him trotting around in a shirt which said something about "bitch".
- drwl 14y ago
  He was wearing the shirt 'no bitch ass ness' while presenting
rdl 14y ago
I would assume the material wasn't itself sensitive so much as the tone of the presentation -- for a VC, you presumably don't want to be too edgy/raw in video recorded content which might get viewed by a very conservative LP (the investors in the VC funds -- pensions, universities, etc.).
- wilfra 14y ago
  If this is the case, it makes a lot of sense. He was dressed like the lead singer of a band, cussed a lot and was very candid. None of those are a knock on him, he's awesome and it was definitely one of the best talks.
LukeHoersten 14y ago
Horowitz was one of my favorite presentations. He didn't talk about anything too proprietary or different but he was extremely entertaining and funny.
zmitri 14y ago
Here's a summary I made with backspaces: http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap also more at http://backspac.es/tag/sus2012 http://backspac.es/tag/sus2012
tmsh 14y ago
At first I was disappointed about this too. And then I remembered that Andreeseen also had his talk not televised at Intuit a year back (even though it was broadcast live -- just no recording). And then I remembered: those guys ball so hard, people want to fine them.

No webcast for Horowitz? Why?

by nik_0_0 14y ago

No webcast for Horowitz? Why?

jongold 14y ago

What the hell is that about?

kruken 14y ago

Perhaps they are expecting too many f-bombs...

dudurocha 14y ago

So sad. I was waiting to see him. One of my favorite people on Venture Capital.

deleted 14y ago

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khet 14y ago

..and there I thought my internet connection was lost.

randartie 14y ago

disappointing

jammur 14y ago

It's possible that he might have requested it if he expected to divulge some sensitive information.

deleted 14y ago
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manaskarekar 14y ago
Aren't there tech reporters attending this? Sounds more like for 'exclusivity' of being physically present there kinda thing to me. Any veterans want to comment on whether this is historically consistent or something new?
- dmor 14y ago
  There are often off the record portions of YC content.
  - jorde 14y ago
    Startup School is very public (space fitted 1700 attendees this year, no word about secrecy). Too bad that Ben's talk wasn't broadcasted as it was really good and entertaining.
sturadnidge 14y ago
I doubt attendees had to sign an NDA - even if they did, Scoble is there ;). Pretty lame (not your comment, the 'no webcast').
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  Whatever he talks about will get posted somewhere, guaranteed. It's just going to be released in a spotty way now. Lame.

covercash 14y ago

I sent an email to their video support and just got a confirmation that this session is not being webcast. Webcast will resume at 4pm.

viralbajaria 14y ago
thanks.. i am sure there is some kind of agreement to not give out information on what he is talking because the liveblog is also not updating anything.

blaines 14y ago

I heard the talk was great. Here's a few fragments... "You only feel two emotions as a founder. Euphoria and Terror. https://twitter.com/cg/status/259789009230893056/photo/1 https://twitter.com/cg/status/259789009230893056/photo/1 http://instagram.com/p/RBYEi3FfBt/ http://instagram.com/p/RBYEi3FfBt/ http://lightt.com/RobertScoble/s/DqvJzkGwUR4pgaEjE9FpK3 http://lightt.com/RobertScoble/s/DqvJzkGwUR4pgaEjE9FpK3 https://twitter.com/AlexWeinstein/status/259783632342880256 https://twitter.com/AlexWeinstein/status/259783632342880256 https://twitter.com/gayle/status/259788576110280704 https://twitter.com/gayle/status/259788576110280704 https://twitter.com/wa7son/status/259785205278187520 https://twitter.com/wa7son/status/259785205278187520

gs7 14y ago

His slides were marked with "confidential, do not distribute". That may have something to do with it. It's unfortunate, his talk was excellent, though he didn't divulge any secrets as far as I could tell.

rachelbythebay 14y ago

Maybe nobody wanted to show him trotting around in a shirt which said something about "bitch".

drwl 14y ago
He was wearing the shirt 'no bitch ass ness' while presenting

rdl 14y ago

I would assume the material wasn't itself sensitive so much as the tone of the presentation -- for a VC, you presumably don't want to be too edgy/raw in video recorded content which might get viewed by a very conservative LP (the investors in the VC funds -- pensions, universities, etc.).

wilfra 14y ago
If this is the case, it makes a lot of sense. He was dressed like the lead singer of a band, cussed a lot and was very candid. None of those are a knock on him, he's awesome and it was definitely one of the best talks.

LukeHoersten 14y ago

Horowitz was one of my favorite presentations. He didn't talk about anything too proprietary or different but he was extremely entertaining and funny.

zmitri 14y ago

Here's a summary I made with backspaces: http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap also more at http://backspac.es/tag/sus2012 http://backspac.es/tag/sus2012

tmsh 14y ago

At first I was disappointed about this too. And then I remembered that Andreeseen also had his talk not televised at Intuit a year back (even though it was broadcast live -- just no recording). And then I remembered: those guys ball so hard, people want to fine them.