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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. One of the firm’s more infamous marketing stunts was their 2011 music video, entitled I’m A VC. In addition to the partners’ tireless blogging, they founded TechStars, one of North America’s premier startup accelerators.

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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

Tech Zulu Event

At 14, he became a co-editor for the spec responsible for RSS technology. Swartz knew that creating useful programs to better educate people would not suffice if there were laws preventing us to freely access information. In 2011, Swartz was indicted on federal charges of illegally downloading over 4.8

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Subscribe to RSS.

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

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 cheap accessible digital hardware]. Twitter is much more.