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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. What’s astonishing and few other than those who lived it as startups (I launched my second startup in this era) realize is how profound of an impact that rise of Amazon AWS (S3 & EC2) had on the startup market.

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

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We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. They controlled distribution to the masses.