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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

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In a world in which you have strong client applications for consuming “multiproduct streams&# then they gain relative power to any individual stream (e.g. This also would give the client the upper hand in discussions with advertisers, image providers, URL shorteners, etc. Kind of obvious, huh? No, I don’t think so.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. This never existed a decade ago.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

Frank Addante

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big.

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