A Conversation with Mark Tluszcz
The first edition of Pressure Point is an interview with one of our investors, Mark Tluszcz of Mangrove Capital Partners. He touches on the state of VC investment in Europe, the influence of Skype’s successful exit on European technology companies, VC attitudes towards open source, telco consolidation and P2P, and many other topics.
It used to be a running joke of mine that every VC you meet tells you that the most important thing to them when considering a potential investment is the “team”. This is only funny because it’s so obvious, and yet everyone says it as if they have discovered a brilliant new investment strategy, destined to vault them ahead of the competition.
At the risk of being equally trite, I would like to point out that the very same consideration exists in the other direction. Of course, as an entrepreneur you sometimes find yourself in a position where you have to take whatever money is offered to you. But dollars handed over in a black leather Samsonite briefcase by a 220 pound guy called Igor in a dimly lit parking garage outside of Minsk are not the same as those obtained from a reputable investor. In the same way, not every VC fund is created equal or will be able to offer the same value to any given startup. I hope that in listening to Mark, you will see why we found Mangrove to be such a great fit for AllPeers: they’re thoughtful, visionary, articulate folks… just like us!
Download the podcast (high quality, 25 Mb) (low quality, 6 Mb)
Update: I was assuming that most people would want to download the file, put it in their MP3 player and listen to it over and over again for at least a few days. But I’ve already gotten a few complaints about the download size, so if you want to listen to it in streaming mode, here’s a player:
Hifi streaming (128 Kb/s):
Lofi streaming (32 Kb/s)
Update: Okay, okay, I put up a low fidelity version that’s only a quarter of the size.
Update: Am I the nicest guy or what? I’ve put up lofi streaming as well.
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Congrats on the podcast. Good content. Sounds like you recorded in a cave though. Easy on the audio filters
Comment by Graham — 4/5/2006 @ 3:15 pm
mp3? 25 MB? You shuld lern to use VBR HE-aac with low bitrate..
Comment by GG — 4/5/2006 @ 3:35 pm
I figured that with the Dvorak and vocal echo, listeners would imagine Mark and me sitting in a medieval dungeon sipping pilsner from huge Bohemian crystal mugs while snacking on fried cheese. That and, as I mentioned in my post, I don’t know what I’m doing.
Comment by Matt — 4/5/2006 @ 5:11 pm
it would be nice to have a low-bitrate streaming version of the podcast.
not more than 32kbps
the player is very cool!
Comment by Mave — 4/5/2006 @ 9:31 pm
Can anyone tell me if AllPeers will have like segment downloading? So say you had like 2 friends on your list and your downloading the files off of 1 of the 2…and the 2nd one (not downloading from) and seed the file also to you? Or is it just gonna be 1 on 1 sending?
Comment by Progz — 4/5/2006 @ 9:38 pm
@Progz: it’s supposed to be based on BitTorrent. So I guess the answer is “yes, it will download segments from different peers and put them together”.
Comment by C. Ovidiu — 4/5/2006 @ 10:24 pm
Allpeers look very promising
i wish you all the best !
keep it bumping, we need you !
Comment by Ben Borges — 4/6/2006 @ 4:50 am
but can we have a low-bitrate version which is ’streamable’ ?
Comment by Mave — 4/6/2006 @ 8:52 pm
http://forevergeek.com/geek_articles/beginners_guide_to_podcasts_and_podcasting_plus_how_to_create_a_basic_podcast_of_your_own.php
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060406-6538.html
Comment by GG — 4/7/2006 @ 1:39 am
thx for the lofi streaming
that was cool
Comment by Mave — 4/7/2006 @ 7:37 pm
[…] Mangrove Ventures is one of the emerging top tier of European VC firms. Their recent deals have included Skype, SecureWave and AllPeers (all with Index Ventures). Mark Tluszcz, one of the general partners there, talks to Matthew Gertner, CTO of AllPeers. […]
Pingback by EU-VC » EU investors: Mark Tluszcz — 4/18/2006 @ 6:15 pm
A Conversation with Mark Tluszcz…
Mark Tluszcz is from Mangrove Capital - the VC firm that invested in Skype.
I heard Mark speak last week, and here are some related podcasts in relation to his investment strategies @ web2.0, etc
Peer Pressure » A Conversation with Mark Tluszcz and…
Trackback by Web 2.0 in Ireland — 5/23/2006 @ 4:52 pm
Your service-idea is perfekt.
but one thing is braking: the different up and download speeds in europe - so the game is reduced to the upload speed of the person which likes to share - the higher point of the p2p curve will only be reached if its privatness is gone.
with a slight bitterness (the consumer should take his power to reach equal up and down rates)
greetings from basel
andi
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