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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). What gives?

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Interview with Dale Quayle, FileTrek

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Dale's last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010. We also have a web experience, and we host that on Amazon EC2. But, there are many financial services providers who have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in their own data centers, and we give them that option, too. What is FileTrek?

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). So … November 2010 and Facebook has 500 million users. Social Networking Will Split Into Layers.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. In the UC System alone in 2010, Southern California UC schools formed 49 startups, trumping the 22 started up north. Let’s compare.

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

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Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. I know in 2010 this doesn’t seem obvious to everybody but it’s my judgment. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). then bought GeoCities for $3.6