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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. How did we go from collaboration to competition, from consensus to dissention, from a reliable digital resource to an amplifier of questionable information? That’s how the Internet was conceived and nurtured.

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6 Trends Are Driving A Data Tsunami For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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DreamJobbing: Melding Online And Media To Create A Platform For Dream Jobs

socalTECH

We spoke with Lisa Hennessy , one of the founders of DreamJobbing and an entertainment industry veteran, to learn more about the startup. Lisa Hennessy: I come from a network television background, and my two business partners are from a digital background. What is DreamJobbing? How did the idea for this come about?

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6 Trends Generate Huge Data And Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. Make strategic versus opportunistic decisions.

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