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Analytics On The Bleeding Edge: Transforming Data's Influence

Occam's Razor

From 2006: Is Real-Time Analytics Really Relevant? ). How does the portfolio of all our activities – owned, earned, paid media, promotions etc. Our innovative approach… Due to non-public IP, it is a cluster I can’t tell you much about. What is the bottom line (ex., sales) impact of my brand marketing?

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

One in 2004 and one in 2006. Founded in 2006, Techstars ran our first startup accelerator in 2007. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. One worked, one didn’t. I increased my investing pace. 6% of the workforce lost their jobs during this time. Sudden change.

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Mark Zuckerberg Wins Approval For His First-Ever Patent Application - From 6 Years Ago

ReadWriteStart

How about approval of his very first patent request from way back in 2006 - covering privacy issues no less? In today’s tech patent wars, you typically need entire portfolios of offensive and defensive patents to make a difference. Zuckerberg filed the application back in July 2006, the year he turned 22.

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Mark Zuckerberg Wins Approval For His First-Ever Patent Application - From 6 Years Ago

ReadWriteStart

How about approval of his very first patent request from way back in 2006 - covering privacy issues no less? In today’s tech patent wars, you typically need entire portfolios of offensive and defensive patents to make a difference. But at least one IP expert said Facebook needs all the patents it can get.

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How to get a job in Venture Capital

Jason Ball

I wrote a post about it back in 2006 on the topic that I could point people to, but it looks a little light, so I thought I’d post an update. 3) Work in the industry - Accelerators, PR, HR, Design, IP – whatever. 4) Fix a portfolio company- This works if you have operational skills. Then transition. Probably more.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

He joined Oversee in 2006 as Executive Vice President respon sible for DomainSponsor, the company’s industry-leading traffic monetization business. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Vice President of Boeing Management Company, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, and was responsible for its IP policy and initiatives.

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The Making of Lytro

K9 Ventures

On March 21st, 2006, the Stanford Computer Science department celebrated its 40th anniversary with an awesome event , with an absolutely stunning line-up of speakers — Professors, Entrepreneurs and Professors-turned-Entrepreneurs. I was honored to participate in the round and officially welcome Refocus into the K9 Ventures portfolio.