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Challenge of Predicting Winners

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At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision. Why did YouTube win? Why did MySpace win?

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Innovation and Geography

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Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time. It has to be a pretty good event for it to be worth attending.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

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On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. And how can an early stage company think about social media relative to important startup metrics (see [link] )?

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