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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. 406 Ventures. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Customer Center. My Journal. Message Center ( new). ↓ More.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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日本 (Japan). Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. View All Search Results » Subscribe. América Latina.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

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Virtually every production system has security bugs in it. The first reported compromise of a production system was in an industry which hit the trifecta of amateurs-at-the-helm, seedy-industry-by-nature, and under-constant-attack. I was up at 3 AM Japan time applying these patches, twice. Well, no to the nuance.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. The twin interests of sustainability and the realities of human nature interested Mr. Black from an early age.

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