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Can You Build Your Business on Somebody Else’s Platform?

Both Sides of the Table

I read the declarations by industry analysts on Twitter that this was “proof that you can’t build a business on somebody else’s platform” and perhaps DataSift should have known better. Simply put: We never intended to build a business on one company’s platform and despite market perceptions – we never did

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

Our goal in this article is to paint a realistic picture of how to think about performance early in the life of an application. This article is focused on the server side, but we encourage you to also look at your application holistically. What do we mean by performance? Web application performance is a broad discipline.

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An Investors View on Twitter’s Announcements – I’m not Abandoning the Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

I could not do justice to Ad.ly’s own response, which is wonderfully put forth in this article by our CEO, Arnie Gullov -Singh. If you want to understand what the company believes about Twitter’s positioning please read the linked article. For any platform to succeed it needs to achieve revenue momentum.

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PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

TechCrunch LA

Now, a gaming startup that’s building a new kind of platform that it thinks will be a — wait for it — game changer in the category is announcing some funding as to ride that wave of attention. Part of that is because of how PortalOne has built out its platform. “This is part of our secret sauce.”

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Social Media Faking It – Cheaper Than You May Think, But Still Not Worth It

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If an article has numerous social shares (i.e., Each social media platform enforces rules which punish fakers. How much will social media fame cost you in 2014?

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Mythical Games raises $75M to build an NFT game engine

TechCrunch LA

Mythical Games , an NFT games startup based out of Los Angeles, has banked a $75 million raise from new and existing investors betting on the startup’s aim to expand the ambitions of their first title and locate a substantial platform opportunity amid helping developers build blockchain-based gaming experiences.

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