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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

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I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. He wanted to be an entrepreneur. He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0

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

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Yesterday was a Monday. Depressing.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

socalTECH

Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. Why did you decide to start your company? And, there are lots of companies not doing this as efficiently or as well. The biggest thing for me, was turning version 2.0 Edward Park: One problem with Internet 2.0

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Hire Entrepreneurs!

Frank Addante

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Hire Entrepreneurs! Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Hire Entrepreneurs!

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Interview with David Sacks, Geni and Yammer

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Advertising might be number three. Ultimately, I think we've got a pretty deep relationship with our users, and ultimately we want to get our users to pay for things as opposed to just making money from CPM advertising. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

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