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YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund

InfoChachkie

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. Although estimates of Google’s total investment vary, the industry insiders I spoke with believe it exceeded $100 million. The same phenomenon is true in the YouTube ecosystem.

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Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers

InfoChachkie

Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS. As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.”

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

[asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 MySpace vowed not to create anymore big successes off of their backs that Google could then acquire. Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this?

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Commission Junction Co-Founder Lex Sisney Applies A Scientific Approach To Analyzing Your Business

InfoChachkie

As Co-Founder and CEO of Commission Junction, Lex grew the company from two employees to become the de facto leader in the world of affiliate marketing, beating Google in the process. To this day, Commission Junction remains the dominant player despite Google's significant investment of time, money and resources.

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When Intent And Content Align, Online Ads Suck A Whole Lot Less

InfoChachkie

When we initially invested in DataPop in 2010, we placed a bet on a serially successful team that had grown up together at DoubleClick, Yahoo! For instance, Tumri and Teracent (acquired by Google) are both doing interesting things with respect to matching images with display ad copy. and Overture Services. Share and Enjoy.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.”