New Connected TV

A technology startup began with a level of differentiation and a dream of establishing a popular platform for users' traffic.


I was so impressed with the speech of Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/), at the NewTeeVee Live conference (http://events.newteevee.com/live/10/) held in San Francisco (at UCSF campus) on November 10. Jason founded Hulu three years ago with no revenue, yet he will deliver $240 millions revenue for 2010. He stressed three key elements in his belief for a company's success:

- Power of conviction;
- Thoughtful stubbornness;
- Relentless pursuit of better ways.


Jason Kilar is young and handsome, and is expressive yet communicative. He declined to say a time line for Hulu's IPO in the financial market (i.e., going public at Nasdaq). How often have we seen technologists or scientists are stubborn owing to the technology roadmap or ideas with no to little compromise? However, a success belongs to those who sow in tears with innovation, a hope, and a sense of loneliness.


Thanks to MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (http://www.vlab.org/) for the sponsorship.



Written on November 11, 2010