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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! If we continue our success we will have strong competition. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising? Why do you believe Ad.ly

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!, Outwit the competition. Customer, not Competition Be a leader, not a follower. Companies often focus too much on their competition. I think this list is spot on. Take the contrarian route.

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