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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed. So in a way it’s self selecting.

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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

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Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. It''s really a combination of the two.

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ZunguZ Facebook Payment Application | Interview With The Founder Robert Sussman

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Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. TechZulu caught up Robert Sussman, Co-CEO of Zunguz , the Facebook payment app.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. According to the Kaufman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity (KIEA), the entrepreneurial rate in the U.S. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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Hello Music and 100,000 Musicians Strong

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Today marks another great day for the Los Angeles startup scene as Hello Music , a portfolio company of the Elevator Labs , has reached a major membership milestone – 100,000 active members. In 2011 Hello Music became the fastest growing musician-focused company in the U.S thanks the to 42% month-over-month growth.

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. million active users in the United States disappeared that month. Out of 160 million active Facebook users in the U.S. Don’t connect the latest platform, which may be transient, with the larger phenomenon of digitally enabled social conversations.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Invest more heavily in platform services. He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community. Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values.