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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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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. Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast.

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Cast & Crew Acquired by Silver Lake

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Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , a provider of technology and payroll services to the entertainment industry, said today that it has acquired by private equity investor Silver Lake. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

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My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 HTML5 video markup, compatibility and playback - Niall Kennedy's Weblog , February 8, 2010 Your Product Needs a Soul - ArcticStartup , February 12, 2010 Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. August 20, 2010 They say people won't pay for content. What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem. equity debate. Have convertible notes really won?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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

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Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits.