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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

We collaborate using Zoom, Teams, Salesforce, Yammer, Skype, GoToMeeting, Fuze and hundreds of other tools not available to the last generation of whiteboard, personal meeting or teleconference users. We use gestures or our voice to control our engagement with our technology. 62% look at online peer reviews.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Where David is Totally Right. As I point out in my video.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. Time will tell.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (3/11) – Ability to Pivot

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It was originally called Twttr and didn’t initially get rave reviews from TechCrunch or GigaOm. Geni.com beget Yammer. They are some of the most talented young technology entrepreneurs in LA. Twitter was an offshoot of Odeo, a website focused on sound and podcasting. I could go on and on. Great entrepreneurs pivot.

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

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The new entrant keeps margins low but suddenly has a lot of profits due to large volumes of business. And then they decided they wanted to be the Internet retailer of computing services so they created Amazon Web Services. Of course I could go on and on including businesses like AirBnB, DropBox, Box.net, Yammer and so on.

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