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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Just a month ago they were all email you! I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). It was 2007. I had to go there?

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

Just a month ago they were all email you! I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. Getting on the front cover of the most prominent VC magazine in Europe (was called Tornado Insider). It was 2007. I had to go there?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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If you ask me, I think it’s one of the companies that has led and will continue to lead the transformation of media from a lethargic print-based (newspapers, magazines) and linear based (TV) format into the most successful digital media brand of the next decade. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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