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

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The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. Well, both of those things happened but they were lagging indicators. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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What I realized in working with so many startup technology firms is that even if you don’t give permission to third-party apps to access your information much of it is available anyways as long as somebody you’re connected to is more promiscuous with third-party apps. So … November 2010 and Facebook has 500 million users.

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

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Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Pundits are mixed on whether FourSquare represents a major technology trend or a fad but undoubtedly it has captured the zeitgeist of the technology elite at this moment in time.