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How To Become a VC

InfoChachkie

One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." Microscopic Industry.

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Twitter Networks are Different than Social Networks

Both Sides of the Table

They “don’t care what people ate for lunch.&# They’re fine on their existing social networks, which these days mostly means they’re happy with Facebook. Traditional social networks are more restricted to people whom I already know and information and updates are less discoverable.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. The affiliate networking market alone is about a $2 billion industry now.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), From BBM's web site: media RSS - extensions to RSS subscription format to support time based media, enclosures, copyrights and other meta-data needed for media. application services (security, integration), etc.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. I applied to hundreds of jobs: low-level VC roles, startups jobs, even to big tech companies. Today RSS is the enabling technology – the infrastructure, the delivery system.

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Samsung Galaxy S Review

Tech Zulu Event

Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. 264, WMV, VC-1. RSS reader. Allowing you to open a new tab, Add RSS feeds (if any), switch tabs, refresh the page, go forward, and open bookmarks. The Basics. HSUPA 900/1900/2100. EDGE/GPRS 850/ 900/1800/1900. WVGA(480×800) 16M SUPER AMOLED.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. the world’s largest celeb endorsement network). Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Idea Mensch.