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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page?

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. There was also the opportunity to use our contest engine as a tool, because the challenge in daily deals is to build members and drive traffic. That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current.

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

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In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. these guys, even in 2007, had tens of millions of views. Also, when you become super, super successful and you want to write your book, it''s helpful!".

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. is a world wide leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools. Thanks to our Sponsors! NewTek Inc.

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Its BlogWorld Time! Los Angeles Get Ready!

Tech Zulu Event

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. is a world wide leader in portable live production, video editing, 3D animation and special effects tools. Thanks to our Sponsors! NewTek Inc.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development.