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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! So did the media.

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Some Startup Opportunities Are Losers Today

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Those are hard, since someone has to invent something innovative, but I do have some views on other ideas whose time has come and gone. I still get about one business “idea” per week for a new networking site, which will combine the “best of all the sites” into a new one. Most of these will fail, or never turn a profit.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others. Social Networking in Web 2.0. emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?

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Popular Startup Opportunities That Aren’t

Startup Professionals Musings

Those are hard, since someone has to invent something innovative, but I do have some views on other ideas whose time has come and gone. I still get about one business “idea” per week for a new networking site, which will combine the “best of all the sites” into a new one. Most of these will fail, or never turn a profit. Search engines.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David. “Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital.

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Interview with Ross Levinsohn, Velocity Interactive Group

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We've also got other people coming in as well, people I really respect, like Ted Meisel, who came out of Yahoo and is an investor and advisor. I spent a lot of time watching the evolution of Web 1.0, While My Yahoo or My MSN got there first with tools to allow people to personalize pages, it wasn't a fully open system.

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

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On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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