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Peepla Launches Live Streaming Service

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Los Angeles-based Peepla announced a new, mobile live streaming app, available on iOS or Android, similar to Facebook Live, Instagram Live or Snapchat. According to the company, it is looking to avoid being direct competition with Periscope and Facebook live by including "locaiton-based social functions".

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Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

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The opportunity set is much bigger than ever (50x more users, 10x time online, mobile, social, credit-card enabled, global) … when things work they work faster and at an unprecedented scale. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Pinterest, Maker Studios, SnapChat, Tinder). These are most notable in late-stage, D-round, investments.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. What about mobile?

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Want To Meet Someone New? How Tinder Is Catching Fire, With Justin Mateen

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What''s one of the hottest, fastest growing mobile apps out there out of a Southern California startup? No, not Snapchat--it''s Tinder --a mobile app and service which lets users rate people nearby them, and if the feeling is mutual, connect them. Your service seems to have become very popular, very quickly--why is that?

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Is Your Use Of Social Media For Marketing Working?

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They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Snapchat. In 2014 Tumblr overtook Instagram as fastest-growing social platform, and Snapchat is the fastest-growing mobile app, driven largely by Millennials and teens. This happens today when you talk to people through social media and responsive customer service.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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If a company wanted to distribute software on a mobile device it need to sell via a “portal” (US term) or a “deck” (UK term) of a mobile carrier. Although the carriers made a lot of money initially by selling dial-up Internet services, customers never took their software because, well, it sucked.

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The Coming Shift in Enterprise Software

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Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Here’s how they did it … Mobile First —  It is now well understood that “mobile first” dominated the consumer Internet and we take this for granted.

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