http://avc.disqus.com/enSat, 15 Sep 2007 21:00:50 -0000http://avc.com/2007/09/al-warms-sells-/#comment-2682<p>Long-time readers may remember that "Al from Chicago" (Alan Warms) posted a <a href="http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/08/vc_clich_of_the_1.html#comments" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/08/vc_clich_of_the_1.html#comments">comment</a> here on A VC with a very useful analysis of The Huffington Post raising $5M. That (plus some data I grabbed from Jeremy Liew and Tim O'Reilly) may help explain <a href="http://blog.blogcosm.com/2007/09/15/why-buzztracker-sold-5-million-instead-raising-5/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://blog.blogcosm.com/2007/09/15/why-buzztracker-sold-5-million-instead-raising-5/">Why BuzzTracker sold for $5 million instead of raising $5 million</a>. I think it's useful info for Web entrepreneurs. (No credit goes to me; I'm just the messenger.)<br></p>ProductArchitectSat, 15 Sep 2007 21:00:50 -0000http://avc.com/2007/09/al-warms-sells-/#comment-2632<p>Greg Jarboe couldn't have even possbily been a better choice?</p><p>(Just saying that "they could not have found a better person" is strong words.)</p><p>Time will tell. </p>David Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:38:43 -0000http://avc.com/2007/09/al-warms-sells-/#comment-2580<p>This is an interesting time at Y: Semel's out and the peanut butter is getting tastier by the day; Toby hung on &amp; is doing interesting things with Bebo; YMaps is Lego to GMaps lincoln logs (at least from the end-user side); their service lines are much more elegantly integrated and well-designed.</p><p>They still have plenty of work ahead, but I'd say things are looking decidedly better than they were a year ago.</p>MichaelFri, 14 Sep 2007 10:00:29 -0000