At best it looks like Flatiron will do a handful of pure Internet plays and help JPMorgan in other deals.
As the sector matures, its leaders are becoming less pure Internet firms.
The only pure Internet business model that has proved consistently scalable and successful, it owes much of its good fortune to these conventioneers.
Unlike them, Amazon has the advantage of being the world's best known pure internet etailer and also having built up a cash pile.
Lycos shareholders were unhappy at plans to dilute the group's pure Internet business with the older and slower growing businesses USA Networks have to offer.
Few people, thankfully, launched pure-play Internet landscaping services or podiatry practices.
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But observers have been expecting the company to go public this year, and there will likely be strong demand for its stock, as Vonage is the most prominent of the pure-play Internet telephony startups.
But it was quickly recast as a pure phone- and Internet-stockbroker, when the huge potential of the ConSors model became clear.
You want to move pure transactions to the Internet, use online communication for information sharing and routine communication, and reserve face-to-face interaction for the activities that add the most value.
Today was a fascinating example of the pure voodoo that is the internet.
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It is a pure reflection and honest confession of how coming of age on the Internet affected the way I perceive myself.
For example, he realizes technology is hot, but the Australian market lacks any pure plays in a segment he longs to bet on: the Internet.
The Internet of things only accelerates this process, as it enables tech companies to grow beyond pure-playing business models and enter new markets, like payment, cars or energy.
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