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

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In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Evite Redesigns Site

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Evite said the overhaul of the service is not done--it says its roadmap includes new mobile applications. The firm has seen a number of startups appear as competitors in recent years, who are applying Web 2.0 Those competitors have been hoping to take market share from Evite. designs to the online invitations space.

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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 mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking in Web 2.0. It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed. In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. And the fan producers all help market your show because they too want the attention. I repeat – free marketing. He’s one step ahead of the rest of the market.

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Five Clues To Web 3.0 Opportunities Here Now

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I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 buzz is hype, but things are changing on the Internet, and bits and pieces of Web 3.0 are appearing.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

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When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

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