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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo! Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW. or the countless other successful startup firms. It’s great to see an initiative like Seattle 2.0