Won't sell under $1.5 Billions...

The New York post reports that Chad Hurley would not sell YouTube for less than $1.5 Billions. What is even more troubling is that some senior industry source say that they would be willing to pay for $200/300 Millions - while many of us try to figure out what YouTube business is...

Well, if I was Chad Hurley, I would sell it straight away.

Youtube has currently got $11.5 Millions funding from VCs, and intend to make revenue from advertising. Trouble is, we have seen all of that before - WEB1.0 and the bubble burst. Forget about the flaws (Copyright infringement), lack of solid revenue model, etc .. let's buy them before our competitor does it.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs for WEB2.0

Interesting post (in French) about Maslow's hierarchy of needs for WEB2.0.

the theory contends that as humans meet 'basic needs', they seek to satisfy successively 'higher needs' that occupy a set hierarchy.


These is how it looks like transposed to WEB2.0 online environment: