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Interview with Robert Blatt, MomentFeed

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By the end of 2012, Rob had done a really great job of identifying the opportunity, and being a visionary on how social, local, and mobile would change how consumers engaged with brands. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit. Instead, we'd tell them, we'll help you leverage them.

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How ChowNow Delivers Mobile Orders For Restaurants, With Christopher Webb

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We spoke with Christopher Webb, the firm's CEO, to hear about how ChowNow's goal is to make mobile, social orders something any restaurant can afford and implement--and how a new $3M funding round from GRP Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners is helping it to deliver on its mission.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. They have production facilities in Mexico where they have been creating lower-cost video for traditional TV for many years and they pivoted this facility to producing for YouTube.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. Unless people feel a certain level of appeal towards what you are doing, they are less likely to want to help you. What differentiates us from other platforms is that our members are helping each other – it’s about startups helping each other.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. This team is talented.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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The crux of it is we help buyers user their network to verify suppliers, primarily in Asia and China, where we started. We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. Michael Kleist: Oh gosh, that could be pages. What is Tradesparq?

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

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Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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