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Tech Summit Q&A, day 3: “Unsexy” tech companies
The third day of the 2011 Reuters Global Technology Summit saw a lot of discussion about the valuation and potential of "sexy" social networks and lesser known startups.
Saad Khan, Partner at CMEA Capital, talked about investing in LiveOps and Pixazza, two companies the former which he called "unsexy", and how they "stitch together the world's labor force."
One could say that Real Networks Chairman Rob Glaser, who saw his company's Real Player go from being the standard used in streaming media on the Web to a bit-player, is familiar with what is and isn't "sexy". Here he is talking about revamping his company around phenomena:
And Google Ventures Managing Partner Bill Maris questioned the value of social media startups:
