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JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly.

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We realized afer 2011 that we were spreading ourselves thin by trying to make five to ten websites great. So, at the beginning of 2012, we picked a website that we owned, to make it awesome. Evan Britton: We had worked our tails off in 2011, but at the end of the year, all of our sites were flat. It was discouraging.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. Steve Jillings: We have really big stuff coming in 2012. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. We know you've been doing well as a company, but surprisingly, not many people seen to be aware of what you are up to.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

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JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. I recently wrote a post about the open nature of Twitter and why I’m long on its future.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

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AUGUST 30, 2010

VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. PF: Pascal, the French mathematician and philosopher, back in the day said something like this, “I wrote you a long letter because I did not have time to write you a short one.”

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. I didn’t sleep much back then. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. It has been a fascinating experience.

Blogging 420

Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. Why the name? When was it launched?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Although, the overall message of the film is quite bleak as they point to the mediocrity that more access to creation and freedom of distribution creates.

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Idea Mensch.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78