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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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Back to regular writing this week so check back in. So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30 I’m now back & ready for action.

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How do I Really Feel About Anonymous Apps Like Secret?

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” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. And that’s fine because it’s a free market and I get that everybody has a different spin on this topic. Tech Market Analysis' Kill a fat person. So so funny.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

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They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Getting Rid of Folders - A friend of mine, Dmitry Shapiro (founder of Veoh), teaches a course called WeekendU. I argued that this would be the best product in the market because Google would continue to innovate.

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