Risky business: Building on top of Facebook

Josh Hannah - open but leery about investing in companies on Facebook platformLater today, I will be moderating a panel at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit. The panel is called: Beyond Facebook and Twitter. One of the questions I plan to ask each panelist is, "What are the risks of depending and relying on these platforms?"This same question was raised on a panel Wednesday. The panel, moderated by Packy Kelly of KPMG, was called "New Millennial VCs Take Charge." On the panel were Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, James Slavet, Partner at Greylock, Tim Chang, Principal at Norwest Venture Partners and Josh Hannah, General Partner at Matrix Partners. In this video, Hannah explains that he's suspicious of investing in businesses built on top of Facebook. "As a venture investor, I'm leery about ... [http://vator.tv/n/9ae read more]

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