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Public and Open Debate is the Highest Form of Democracy (and Blogging)

Both Sides of the Table

And there is relationship between debating and blogging. I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. The most important experience I have in blogging is the debate it encourages. So it goes with blogging. In my mind public debate is the highest form of democracy. Let me explain.

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

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Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. Put it out on the Net, see what the reactions are…If you build something that starts to resonate, then you can start to… get into tech blogs and talk to the press and tell everybody what you are doing.”

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share).

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Where do those videos get distribute? Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. That's really our business plan.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

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But throughout the transition I had my safety net. For another perspective which I certainly agree with, check out Kevin Drum’s blog post on The Power of Single-Mindedness at [link] but keep in mind that anything taken to the extreme probably isn’t a good idea…”. The transition [from Citrix Online] to RightScale was similar.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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One or both of your parents may have the personality of an entrepreneur, but if their parents were struggling entrepreneurs who put in long¬-hours and netted meager returns, then your parents may have rejected their latent entrepreneurial tendencies. Hubris might be an entertaining trait for an entrepreneur in a Hollywood movie.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). Sponsored by Westin. All rights reserved.