The difficulty in commercializing Web 2.0 ventures becomes apparent in the content and discussion around Scott’s post, You Know You’re a Geek If You….

Here’s the task: these plays have to down-geek to a level that is very much within the potential promise of Web 1.0.

Here’s the challenge: keeping the long-term promise of Web 2.0 within the short-term confines of Web 1.0 while not alienating early-adopters.


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The Struggle

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Hi, I'm Fraser and this is my personal site where I write about the things I'm interested in: start-up strategy, the web, music, and life.

My days are spent commercializing emerging technologies. Currently I'm helping to deliver the promise of semantic web to the consumer market at AdaptiveBlue. Previously I was at Trivaris, a Canadian seed stage investment firm.

I am a co-founder of Innovation Night, a community driven event supporting entrepreneurship in Canadian and US cities.

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