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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. The business saw a dramatic growth when--due to the downturn of the dot com crash--the company started to post its video online. READ MORE>>.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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

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In 2010, the US government reported 3092 deaths due to distracted driving and 416,000 injuries caused by the same. Thereafter one can opt for preferred paid annual software subscription. The voice technology is expected to minimize distractions caused by mobile phones during driving. Nuance now will handle solving this.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.)

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The Future of Couponing | How Social-Local-Mobile has Changed the Game

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The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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Flywheel: Arming LA's Taxicab Drivers In The Ridesharing Fight

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Flywheel offers up software and hardware which enables those same, Internet- and smartphone-friendly features--not for ridesharing services--but for the traditional taxicab services. Steve Humphreys: We''ve been active in the market for a long time, since early 2010. This was before the iPhone was multitasking.

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Pacific Coast Business Times - Hall of Fame Announced

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Home About Us Newsstand locations Special Section Nominations Stock Index Advertising Contact Search Subscribe Weekly Features Week in Review Top 25 Lists Top Stories Local News Opinion Calendar Ongoing Events Monthly Reports Central Coast East Ventura Nonprofits Technology Small Business Women and Co. Martin Coe Reply 2 0 Powered by