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Visual Basic Reinvented

SoCal CTO

Back in 2006, I posted about the Promise of Web 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic and pointed out that Visual Basic was a huge innovation that allowed many new developers to build applications. We've been using Google Apps as the basis for developing some very interesting online applications.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0:

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs !

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

This time frame – 2005/2006web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. Is that when it became big? Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. was starting.

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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs). Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations. Lustig argued.

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Interview with Raph Koster, Metaplace

socalTECH

I believe that when you marry the web and technology out of the game industry, you can empower people to really exploit the potential that virtual worlds have to bring people together and socialize. Raph Koster: If you think of how virtual worlds have worked, they haven't worked like the web has. That's what we're about.

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