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How To Write An Effective Answer On Quora: Communications 101

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They claim that Mr. Zuckerberg “stole” their idea of creating a social network for the Harvard student community. The related question was: “ What should the Winklevoss twins have done to protect their idea?” Universal thought the key was Oswald (the idea), whereas Disney knew the key was in the execution of the cartoon.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. It was 1991.

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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

Under the agreement, Impact will identify and develop film ideas in four specific genres over the next year that they will then bring to Netflix to produce and distribute, through a global submission process. ” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. .”

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Introducing Snapstorms.com. Why, oh, why Snapchat?

Both Sides of the Table

Not since the initial popularity of Twitter in 2007 has a product so befuddled people. I LOVE writing. But writing takes more time and some days I don’t have that. Today I’ve made all of them available on Snapstorms.com. I remember the same disdain from people when I started blogging or using Twitter. Why would a VC do that?

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Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits

socalTECH

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service? First of all, what's the idea behind StockTwits, for people who haven't used the service?

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We Need to Have Sympathy for Those With Depression. It is an Illness

Both Sides of the Table

I started out this year writing about how much I hate December. Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. How to say it? Mutter those words. I always have.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. They worry too much about missing out on a deal. I don’t.