Baris Karadogan
Baris Karadogan is a partner at venture capital firm ComVentures.
Baris writes a blog titled From Istanbul to Sand Hill Road (http://baris.typepad.com)
Recent Posts
2008 predictions from a VC: Android will succeed…
[Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece from Baris Karadogan, a venture capitalist with ComVentures]
It’s becoming customary among VC bloggers to make predictions for 2008. At the risk of educating my competitors, here are my technology predictions for 2008.
1) Google’s Android and the Open Handset Alliance will succeed. By this, I mean handsets will become more like PC’s and wireless carriers will become more like landline DSL providers. This is a bold statement because both… Continue Reading
Do it yourself biology
When Time Magazine named You as the person of the year, they did it based on your ability to write encyclopedias, publish newspapers and create virtual world avatars. But you are capable of so much more. I doubt, that even in their wildest stretch of imagination, Time could not give you credit for your ability to isolate human epithelial amniotic stem cells from your placenta, all in the comfort of your own home. Surely I must be… Continue Reading
Amazon.com and the fabless semiconductor industry
[VentureBeat criticized Amazon for lack of vision. Baris Karadogan, of ComVentures, begs to differ and commends the company.]
A key theme at the Web 2.0 conference was infrastructure, centered around Amazon’s big announcement to offer start-ups all their infrastructure needs.
Amazon wants to give start-ups bandwidth, storage, server software and even fulfillment of physical goods — all at a reasonable price. This is all the boring stuff you need to go from your great idea… Continue Reading
New ads in new places
(Editor’s note: We asked venture capitalist Baris Kardogan to tell us where he sees the most opportunity in the online ad industry, and he concludes that its somewhere other than the usual online video sites — YouTube, Grouper, MySpace, etc — most people talk about today.)
There was a great discussion on video ads earlier on Venturebeat. The discussion surfaces two questions that are facing all online services. If the ad industry is to grow from… Continue Reading