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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. As per my video, think about the data in the following slide. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). It simply hasn’t played out in history. Laughable now.

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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

Xconomy

Cho made his case for Revolve, a digital instrument created for biology labs that combines the features of an upright microscope (for viewing glass slides) and an inverted microscope (for viewing live samples in a petri dish). Echo Labs’ hybrid microscope.

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Klash Announces Initial Investment Round and Major iOS Update

Tech Zulu Event

Klash offers a web and mobile platform that lets people challenge and dare their friends for fun, honor and actual rewards, said the investment round will help it make an awesome product for the public and also help distribute it to the masses this year. Klash for iOS was released last fall and had good reviews with a 4.9 Great Idea.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. Our team lead build a very elegant piece of code for inputting tasks, assigning them, tracking them and reporting on past-due work tasks.

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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As Google starts offering more consumer products (read: mobile devices) I assure you they will find ways to take customer service calls from you. Higher conversion rates (10-15x online conversion) and higher value at closure (up to 2x higher) due to up-sell & cross-sell potential. But What About Mobile? Phone numbers.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." Personally, I don't like weighty board packs and I do not wish to inflict slide preparation upon anyone. gave him my favorite, "keep it to six slides."

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. think his slides are great (and by far much easier on the eye then mine.).