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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network. What was the biggest news for you this year?

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7 Rules For Innovations That Produce Dominant Players

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Examples of being first include Netflix for movies and TV and Redfin for real estate. Ride the network effect to more users than anyone. The network effect is where the value of your business increases exponentially as your user count goes up. Users can be advertisers, consumers, sellers, or passengers.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

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Blue-chip customers such as Intuit, Williams-Sonoma, Fox Sports/MSN, Ticketmaster, Glaxo Smith Kline, Clear Channel, WebEx and Netflix turn to StrongMail infrastructure to bring enterprise-class reliability to their email systems. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications.

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