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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Google knows it. There are 2.9

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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We operate at scale and speed unprecedented in human history.” * 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.

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Google Wants to Disrupt Home Automation with $3.2 Billion Nest Acquisition

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Google has acquired smart home appliance company, Nest Labs for $3.2 Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Google EnergySense. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. ” Nest and Google are not new to each other.

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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

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With Fiber, Google has 2 primary objectives: 1) Billionaire celebrity investor Warren Buffet explains the first reason most eloquently: “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats” Fiber is a moat-widening endeavor. 2) Fiber is a means to Google’s vision of the future of computing.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. We own the celebrity birthday niche--we''re first in Google for searching for celebrity birthdays on every day of the year. Evan Britton: We really don''t think about it.

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YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund

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Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Earlier this month, Google announced that it will spend an additional $200 million to promote YouTube content.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. LiveNation.