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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

What a sweet feeling it was last week to see the launch of the photo sharing site Pose , whose application targets shoppers of apparel. I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. “And importantly Web 2.0

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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

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” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) If you’re an app for “normals” targeting middle America it might be good to target the USA Today or if you’re a B2B site you might target industrial rags. Frankly, every VC’s, too. Kind of obvious.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

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Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. event I did last fall. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2. Under Process, Over Deliver

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was).

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