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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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Let’s review all of our existing investments. In particular part three talked about what happened if we saw a double dip in 2010-11 or a “lost decade.&#. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. We did not.

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Break Some Rules This Summer | Call or SMS as You Drive

Tech Zulu Event

The firm this week launched a new feature for the 2012 BMW 7 Series, dubbed the Dragon Drive! The voice technology enables a driver to dictate a phone call, an email or SMS, edit it or read (listen) and respond to emails and SMS texts received without the touch of a button or touch screen. Driver’s speech into email or SMS.

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Interview with Woolas Hsieh and Dina Lozofsky, Solarmer Energy

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In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. Let's start on the technology side--can you tell us about the technology, and its origins? It's very simple, from the technical perspective.

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

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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: The Present Era.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. MYTH 3: SoCal lacks Fortune 500 Tech Leadership. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.

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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

Tech Zulu Event

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. iROKO Partners was launched in December 2010. How does it work? This is something totally new for Nollywood.

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