It will be nice to see Danny Rimer back in Silicon Valley this week.
Now London-based, the former SV investment bank analyst and venture capitalist is here for a lunch hosted today by Index Ventures, the juice behind Joost and also a previous little start-up you might recall called Skype.
“From Index Ventures perspective, the world [...]
To: Mike Volpi, spanking new Joost CEO
From: Kara Swisher, seen-it-all-before journalist
Re: Five quick questions for you on taking the new job at the trendy and well-funded online video service
1. Is it just me or does Joost feel like a service only a Hollywood executive could love, with its big-ticket content and stricter programming than the [...]
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