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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 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Social Networking in Web 2.0. Lesson learned (to me at least) – let people get stinking rich off your platform and tax ‘em later.

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

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So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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Intel Deepens Move into Sports Tech with SportStream Investment

Xconomy

ScoreStream, a five-year-old startup that created a social media platform for crowd-sourcing local sports scores, has raised $3.7 million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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Where we see a lot of entrants fail, is trying to get the right balance between building and operating a high growth, highly scalable, mission critical network--while also building and operating a fast platform. I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 Really, it's just another source of capital.

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CHNL – Social Network For All | Interview With John Wander, Co-founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. In addition, Web 2.0 Where is it Based?

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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

In particular, he wants to sign up more pharmaceutical companies to use the Web-based platform, which enables CROs to bid on pharma research projects and automates the contracting process. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations. Lustig argued.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

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I first met the founder of Pose, Dustin Rosen , when he was a junior person with an LA-based venture capital firm called The Mail Room Fund. 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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