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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. And Dropbox & Box.net in a Google, Microsoft, Apple world. Where David is Totally Right. And Twitter wouldn’t exist.

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

InfoChachkie

In The Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList , Chris Eleftheriadis reviewed 1,700AngelList postings and identified the nine most common categories of positioning pitches (Chris'' list is edited here for brevity): 1. Google x Facebook x Amazon) + (Universal Reviews). Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g.,

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Happy Anniversary Make It Work – 8 Years Today!

Eric Greenspan

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning. Here’s a couple of tips for you from the CEO of a tech services company (that’s me): 1.

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Happy Anniversary Make It Work – 8 Years Today!

Eric Greenspan

From TweetDeck to Yammer, WordPress to Twitter, Google Adwords to Yahoo Search, Facebook to LinkedIn, throw in a little AllTop, MyYahoo, Outlook, Powerpoint, Quicken (had to pay some bills)…my head is spinning. Here’s a couple of tips for you from the CEO of a tech services company (that’s me): 1.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

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Google had no clue that they were going to make so much money in sponsored search. It was originally called Twttr and didn’t initially get rave reviews from TechCrunch or GigaOm. Geni.com beget Yammer. They are some of the most talented young technology entrepreneurs in LA. I could go on and on.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. File sharing?

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

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Payment ready consumers (Amazon, iTunes, PayPal) and businesses (Google AdWords, Square). The new entrant keeps margins low but suddenly has a lot of profits due to large volumes of business. In my estimation this is one of the biggest strategic mistakes Google has made in not competing more aggressively with AWS.

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