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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals. billion.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And so it goes with social networking.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

prefer instead to divide it according to the mindset of users: whether or not they are actively looking to purchase something (i.e. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. they released a new 2.0

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Where I use the Discussion Group: * Ive not been very active in the discussion group on particular topics. How do you use LinkedIn?

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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I learned this lesson long ago – many investors wait until you’re staring at a cliff before committing whether to re-invest in you. And all too often I hear upon success, “Yeah, I was actively involved on that one. We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas. I had to go there? They were envious.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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We currently have data on 3900 counties, 1900 cities, including emails, web forms, web sites, telephones, faxes, you name it. The other feature that sets us apparent, is our integration with social media. Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0 You did find some angel funding, didn't you? He is a friend of mine.

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