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Angel Investing Skill 2 – Domain Knowledge

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And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare?

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Toronto Based Start Up Readitfor.me | Reads Books for You

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Whether it be taking in information, learning, executing, or increasing our output, or investing it into relationships and health, this is the goal for the time we gained. In most offices there would be a shelf of business books. Since, I am constantly reading to learn I would always ask questions about advice from the books.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 2.0. We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. cheap accessible digital hardware]. We all wanted intros.

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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 But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0? Social Networking in Web 2.0: And importantly Web 2.0

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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And And after 30 years of Venture investing we still have a hard time articulating why. Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. Another important web 2.0

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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. This is one book-end of the cycle. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact.

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

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By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. And just when I thought I had the deal that was worthy of bringing to investment committee the world changed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Eventually you have to invest. Yesterday was a Monday.

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