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On Human Capital & Venture Capital

thebarefootvc

If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. It is the downturns and bumps that separate the dedicated, long-term investors from passive ones — and entrepreneurs should keep this in mind as they build out their syndicates.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). Tell me if this is “lame” Leader Technologies has won 11 infringement claims against Facebook.

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[INTERVIEW] Eldon Mascoll, Toronto Entrepreneur, Founder Of Freedom Park Media Group

YoungUpstarts

a production company that produced Phat TV for Canadian broadcaster CFMT Television, as well as a year-end television special, “Phat TV 97”, that was syndicated nationally in the U.S. Companies are being built around AI technology. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

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Podcast Strategy: A Roadmap for Businesses

ConversionXL

Podcasting technology dates to the early 2000s. The first shows were created in late 2003, and the term itself was coined in 2004 by combining “iPod” with “broadcasting.”. I’m a strong believer in not jumping into a technology, channel, or media format just because everyone else is doing it. Let’s get started. .

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. They’ve been around for nearly 100 years, but they embraced technology and the Internet relatively early. They knew they needed to somehow get customers to want a blend of expensive and less expensive titles.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing. That’s just the nature of technology. They were very much a luxury item.