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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. I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0

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Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters

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The needs are too different as are the sales channels and marketing messages. Or they have products that cost $40 / month but that require a direct sales person to close them. Want to build a product that relies on converting local mom-and-pop businesses into online advertisers – see if a regional approach might work better.

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

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US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. These companies advertise.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

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To give you an idea, if you host your own store on CafePress and Zazzle, you're going to get a payout of about 10 percent on your sales, which ends up being $2 or $3. Edward Park: One problem with Internet 2.0 has been a reliance on advertising revenue. was community and content, we think Web 3.0

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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. Using this content model, we've made two sales. We're always interested in how technology is influencing the business of Hollywood, and recently ran across Los Angeles-based Scripped.

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Interview with Alex Aydin, Icanbuy

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Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 Most real estate sites are not making any money, because of the basic premise of advertising revenue around MLS data. We thought it would be interesting to hear about his new company and its plans.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. . ©

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