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

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What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? They all depend on EdgeCast to deliver content to their customers, anywhere they are, on any device. We've grown really fast.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0

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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 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0: The Present Era.

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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. What we've done, is we attract those writers to our site, and have a revenue model based on the content.

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

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There is a lot of pent-up demand. 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 Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Collecta is a real-time search engine bringing content to you as its posted. .

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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It was intended to be a single solution for all-things advertising online (banner ads, email, content management, search advertising, etc.). Whatever the biggest, most challenging, most demanding, most important job we had at L90, I always turned to Tim. It turned out that this drove even more demand for StrongMail.

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