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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. I decided well if I am going to be investing in this stuff at least I need to understand what it’s like to have a blog, to be generating content, and it was quite interesting at the very, very beginning.“. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0 style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005. Along with Facebook and Twitter investments (see below) this wave is more diverse but no less speculative.