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Half Lives. Social Media. And Snapchat Stories.

Both Sides of the Table

Twitter was the most unique social sharing platform that had emerged in my experience because it unintentionally innovated on a constraint of 140 characters (initially so that it could send messages as SMS, which it self had a size constraint). There are two reasons that stories was a big leap forward for Snapchat. Think about that.

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Niantic transcends Discord to build Campfire, an AR social app, and unveils Lightship VPS

TechCrunch LA

Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling Campfire, a social app designed to help mobile augmented reality (AR) gamers connect. ” Image Credits: Niantic.

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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality. Wabisabi Design, Inc. The latest cohort from Snap’s Yellow accelerator.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch LA

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam. Image Credits: Genies.

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There’s No Such Thing as an MCN. It’s a Figment of Your Imagination

Both Sides of the Table

YouTube AND other platforms. And of course SnapChat is relevant for younger video consumers. But ignoring SnapChat for video is a mistake. The platforms are expanding and fragmenting. Video is much more valuable with sight, sound & motion. It’s both / and. And they’re only valuable if people watch them.

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Why I Backed a 24-Year-Old Trying to Assess Human Potential

Both Sides of the Table

Today Upfront Ventures is announcing that we’ve backed Rebecca Kantar ’s startup Imbellus , a company designed to assess human potential and ultimately change the way we teach children. Inevitably as a society we began “teaching to the tests” and we design curricula around proficiency in these basic skills. So Why Imbellus?

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award.

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