Comments on: Memo to Chris Shipley: Luca Brasi Sleeps With the Fishes! http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Demo Duo Chris Shipley (Outgoing) and Matt Marshall (Incoming) Talk! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-8664 Demo Duo Chris Shipley (Outgoing) and Matt Marshall (Incoming) Talk! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:27:02 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-8664 [...] and Marshall talked about it all in a video interview, as well as the fake controversy ginned up last year by championship-ginner-upper TechCrunch–which, big surprise, runs a competing conference–about Demo’s longtime (and [...] [...] and Marshall talked about it all in a video interview, as well as the fake controversy ginned up last year by championship-ginner-upper TechCrunch–which, big surprise, runs a competing conference–about Demo’s longtime (and [...]

]]> By: Tynan on Technology (beta) » Blog Archive » There’s No Business Like Show Business http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-4040 Tynan on Technology (beta) » Blog Archive » There’s No Business Like Show Business Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:01:07 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-4040 [...] "Demo needs to die," Arrington said in an interview with CNET last April. The conversation hasn’t improved much since then. Demo honcho Chris Shipley was a bit more polite in her response: I’m not at all surprised by the competition. A year or so ago, TechCrunch set its sites on DEMO and has been lobbing missiles our way ever since…. I also understand that it’s much easier to imitate a successful venture than to create a new value proposition. And if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then consider me well flattered today. [...] [...] "Demo needs to die," Arrington said in an interview with CNET last April. The conversation hasn’t improved much since then. Demo honcho Chris Shipley was a bit more polite in her response: I’m not at all surprised by the competition. A year or so ago, TechCrunch set its sites on DEMO and has been lobbing missiles our way ever since…. I also understand that it’s much easier to imitate a successful venture than to create a new value proposition. And if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then consider me well flattered today. [...]

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3017 Kara Swisher Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:11:08 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3017 McClure: I always sleep with one eye open! McClure:

I always sleep with one eye open!

]]> By: carmen hughes http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3016 carmen hughes Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:12:14 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3016 "How did things ever get so far? I don’t know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary." Perhaps a meeting with "the families" is in order. :) “How did things ever get so far? I don’t know. It was so unfortunate, so unnecessary.” Perhaps a meeting with “the families” is in order. :)

]]> By: dave mcclure http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3014 dave mcclure Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:41:24 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3014 mmm, RED MEAT. yum! well all i gotta say is from the entrepreneur's perspective, competition is good. due to scheduling, there's a bit of a dilemma having to decide whether you do one or the other, but for most folks the question would only be one of them anyway. chris puts on a good show, but TC also did a reasonable job first time out. DEMO's challenge will be to prove that paying the $18.5K really *is* worth it, TC's will be to show it can do a good job filtering more companies, and put on a show as good as DEMO. at the moment, there's plenty of business to go around so i'm not gonna spend a lot of time crying for either of them. again, it's great for entrepreneurs to have competition & choice -- that's a lot more than most folks living under mob rule in Chicago ever had... as for you Swisher, better sleep with one eye open! mmm, RED MEAT. yum!

well all i gotta say is from the entrepreneur’s perspective, competition is good.

due to scheduling, there’s a bit of a dilemma having to decide whether you do one or the other, but for most folks the question would only be one of them anyway.

chris puts on a good show, but TC also did a reasonable job first time out. DEMO’s challenge will be to prove that paying the $18.5K really *is* worth it, TC’s will be to show it can do a good job filtering more companies, and put on a show as good as DEMO.

at the moment, there’s plenty of business to go around so i’m not gonna spend a lot of time crying for either of them.

again, it’s great for entrepreneurs to have competition & choice — that’s a lot more than most folks living under mob rule in Chicago ever had…

as for you Swisher, better sleep with one eye open!

]]> By: Christopher Carfi http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3013 Christopher Carfi Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:23:11 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3013 I'm predicting a run on these: http://www.kropserkel.com/horse_head_pillow.htm I’m predicting a run on these:
http://www.kropserkel.com/horse_head_pillow.htm

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3012 Kara Swisher Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:52:40 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3012 Michael Arrington! Stop coming on here and posing as Chris Shipley. I am totally calling your mother. Michael Arrington! Stop coming on here and posing as Chris Shipley.

I am totally calling your mother.

]]> By: Chris Shipley http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3011 Chris Shipley Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:38:29 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3011 Yeah, but I've got Twitter and I know how to use it. Or, maybe we join forces, start a gang. Cool tattoos, 5-year-old thugs in leather jackets, a tough street name, Walt making funny faces w/ orange peels... We could kick some Web 2.0 ass. Yeah, but I’ve got Twitter and I know how to use it.

Or, maybe we join forces, start a gang. Cool tattoos, 5-year-old thugs in leather jackets, a tough street name, Walt making funny faces w/ orange peels… We could kick some Web 2.0 ass.

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3010 Kara Swisher Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:30:57 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3010 Chris: Bring it on, Shipley! I have Om Malik in my gang, and despite his recent health problems, he can teethe like a toddler! Also: Rafat Ali=Mad Dog. And, I am not saying Walt eats nails for breakfast (actually, he often enjoys a heart-healthy egg-white omelette with low-fat cheese), but he knows how to use an iPhone. Even that annoying keyboard! Chris:

Bring it on, Shipley!

I have Om Malik in my gang, and despite his recent health problems, he can teethe like a toddler!

Also: Rafat Ali=Mad Dog.

And, I am not saying Walt eats nails for breakfast (actually, he often enjoys a heart-healthy egg-white omelette with low-fat cheese), but he knows how to use an iPhone. Even that annoying keyboard!

]]> By: Chris Shipley http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3009 Chris Shipley Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:20:10 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080403/memo-to-chris-shipley-luca-brasi-sleeps-with-the-fishes/#comment-3009 Watch out, you two. You're next. I mean, who are you to charge people to come to a conference at a fancy hotel, eat and drink well, think big thoughts, learn from your expertise and insights. Information wants to be free, right? Good thing your kid goes to a tough kindergarten. You're going to need that protection. Watch out, you two. You’re next. I mean, who are you to charge people to come to a conference at a fancy hotel, eat and drink well, think big thoughts, learn from your expertise and insights. Information wants to be free, right?

Good thing your kid goes to a tough kindergarten. You’re going to need that protection.

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