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When I started half.com, our three biggest competitors were Borders, Tower Records and Blockbuster Video.

Comcast rents modems directly to consumers, thereby competing directly with companies like Zoom. It has every reason to make Zoom modems more expensive or even to drive companies like Zoom out of business.

I have reviewed literally hundreds of dotcoms in my drive to bring Boomer Esiason Foundation onto the Internet, and have selected ClickThings as a partner because of the advanced technology it offers small business, and its understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit of the small business community.

Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a great company.

Groupon has some interesting assets.

LinkedIn is the Netscape of its era.

Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon - Google-scale opportunities.

Yahoo! is the only company with both scale and leadership in branded and search advertising.