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Interview with Eric M. Jackson, CapLinked

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At one point, we had to turn around our model, when our number one customer--eBay--became our biggest competitor. We've had a class of people who have gone on to start fantastic companies, such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. I lived through an amazing experience over the next four years. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing

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He's now hard at work at a new company, Kaleo, which is tackling the enterprise, knowledge sharing market�and already has an impressive list of Fortune 500 customers. There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that. Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa: We have 35 customers, all of whome are very large, blue chip customers.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. But what if you’re a credit card company and you want to know where to find your next customers? Already 2/3rds of our customers are ingesting 2 or more data sources including Facebook, Tumblr, WordPress, Bit.ly Those are the obvious cases.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

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If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. Use the fact that you were on an anointed list to build credibility when you eventually approach journalists (and VC’s, customers, employees). Many other great companies are not. - They see journalists as a means to and end.

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