March 10, 2010
People Recommendation vs. Content Recommendation
Content recommendation for years has been a startup graveyard. Sure, a few companies like Sphere/Surphace and StumbleUpon have been able to get out—but the number of folks who have tried to solve this is vast. I feel it’s sort of like the carnival basketball game—where they put a hoop like four feet from you and tell you that you can win a big prize if you get one in on three shots. The only thing you don’t realize is that the rim is bent and narrowed in a way that you can’t see ...
