Esther Dyson, Google’s Marissa Mayer, Venrock Brian Ascher, Guy Kawasaki, and moreIn 2008, we launched a show called Vator Box, our poor version of Siskel & Ebert meets American Idol. It's the show where we invite guest hosts to evaluate startups based on their Vator video pitch and company profile. We've provided analysis for over 50 companies since the start of this year. At times, we even got the analysis just right. In one segment looking at news aggregators, Liquid Scenarios, sponsor of The Liquid Scenarios Minute segment in the Vator Box shows, accurately predicted that socialmedian could be bought for $7.5 million. That's exactly what happened. And, we never missed a beat. After starting a bi-monthly segment, Vator Box became a weekly segment. In 2009, we may even make it ... [ read more]