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JULY 13, 2012

The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” But this article missed the real trend. More Calls in the Future: The premise of the article can be summed up in this quote. If you haven’t you should read the article – it’s an interesting trend.

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MAY 19, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Yet, that’s exactly who the Atlantic called out in an article last week (along with Apple), and they’re right. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Quick - name a phone company. Yep, Facebook is a phone company.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson has created a collection of short films which beautifully underscore Mr. Case in point, in addition to Kirby’s films, this article was inspired by a Malcolm Gladwell article, entitled, Something Borrowed , which I read several years ago. You be the judge.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Filed by California inventor Richard Ditzik in 2011, the lawsuit asserts that Apple’s iPhone 4 infringes on Ditzik’s patent 7,103,380, “Wireless handset communications system” The patent, filed in 1997, claims in part a handset device that sends email and communicates with multiple networks at varying power levels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. He founded Alpha Origins in 2011. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! One of my top former students, Fredi Fernandez , recently sent me a compelling email.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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AUGUST 29, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! As shown in the following chart, the overwhelming focus of investments during Q1 of 2011 was in later stage companies. The Three Enthralling Factors Of Venture Funding. STAGE: Few Harvests, Little Planting.

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MAY 4, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! The track was Like A Rolling Stone , which became Bob Dylan’s biggest selling song as was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2011 as the Best Song Of All Time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

This article first appeared on TechCrunch. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. It seems almost incomprehensible that only 2.5 But what does this all mean?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! According to the NVCA, only 45 first-time funds were launched in 2011. One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?"

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JULY 23, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! One of the firm’s more infamous marketing stunts was their 2011 music video, entitled I’m A VC. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! During the fall of 2011, Steve wrote a controversial post entitled, Why VCs Should Be Startup CEOs. Steve’s article struck a particular chord with me. The subject discussed in the video below is Steve’s belief that Venture Capitalists should begin their careers as operational entrepreneurs.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In 2011 he leveraged Kickstarter to publish a book entitled, Never Stop Shutting Up. On the way home from the hospital, he vowed that he would never work for anyone again.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

A recent Wall Street Journal article that raised the possibility of Biogen as the target of another huge pharma buyout cited the lack of productivity as a major driver of M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. The authors made the point that, given the size of companies today, a single garden-variety blockbuster hardly moves the needle.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” Eating The World – All Over Again.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Fortunately, this article is your ticket to understanding the state of the industry as it stands today. Founded by Shervin Pishevar, along with Brogan BamBrogan and Josh Giegel, Hyperloop One made its entrance into the Hyperloop market on February 2015 with a Forbes article and an announcement of $11.1

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Will Zell (CEO) is based in Columbus, OH, and is an Empact100 entrepreneur who was honored at The White House in 2011. A graduate of Ohio Northern University , Ferres built a digital marketing agency called BounceFire , which was acquired in May 2011 by a company in Phoenix, AZ. Who are the founders/ background? What Inspired You?

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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. Evidence of this was seen in late November 2011, when Foursquare announced they will be incorporating a new “ social sharing ” button on their site. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

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JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. In fact, the article was so spot on, so well shaped and formed I was only left wondering three things: 1. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol. ” Uhhuh.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

This article was originally published on TechCrunch. The full articles are linked below. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Zite, which was acquired by CNN in late 2011, is a personalized magazine to help clean up all that content overload we deal with on the web when trying to catch up on the days current events and instead delivers content based on your personal interest. In stepped Zite. Zite is now available for free across Android, HP webOS, and iPhone.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. I enjoyed the book as well, as evidenced by the review I wrote at the time of its release, which you can read HERE.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch HERE. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. Feeding The New Networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

See my Forbes article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ” Michael Fertik and David Thompson outline this issue and others in their book “ Wild West 2.0.

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JUNE 17, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In 2011 he leveraged Kickstarter to publish a book entitled, Never Stop Shutting Up. On the way home from the hospital, he vowed that he would never work for anyone again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” And so I framed much of my life since reading the article in Haimish terms. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

Unlike most companies that filter content, we filter things based on your friends, and rather than using some algorithm, we provide you with information based on what your friends are looking at, the videos they're seeing, pictures they are enjoying, and articles they find interesting. We understand you were in school when you started this?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. They are forwarding you set another mother f **g link to an article about your competitors. If you want to read more on the topic: The Yo-Yo Life of a Startup Entrepreneur, A Cautionary Tale (the first article I ever published on TechCrunch). And so it goes again.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

Zite, which was acquired by CNN in late 2011, is a personalized magazine to help clean up all that content overload we deal with on the web when trying to catch up on the days current events and instead delivers content based on your personal interest. In stepped Zite. Zite is now available for free across Android, HP webOS, and iPhone.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Not everybody agreed. So where are we now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

See my previous article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ” Michael Fertik and David Thompson bring this issue and many others together in their book “ Wild West 2.0. They can assist you by linking to positive and neutral content about you, thus displacing or minimizing the negative content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana.

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