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Explaining FNAC: Feature, Not a Company

Both Sides of the Table

Feature, not a company. Whether something is a feature or a company is clearly subjective. And sometimes features (say, Twitter) turn into companies. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. At minute eight I spoke about group messaging companies as “features, not companies.&#

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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr.

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FastSoft Updates Product Line

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The firm said it is targeting hosting, SaaS, social network, content distribution networks, and cloud computing companies with the hardware. The firm said its new E Series EX accelerator now supports 10Gbps throughput, and accelerates TCP traffic 2 to 5 times. Pricing on the new product was not released.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Power has been guiding growth companies for 25 years, and now teaches innovation at the Harvard Extension School.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. And as long as private-market capital is available these companies would rather remain private for longer before going public. We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The iPhone was released.