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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

Both Sides of the Table

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly

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What YouTube Taught Me About Facebook Live & Violent Footage

Hunter Walker

I saw this firsthand during my time at YouTube where in addition to running the product org from 2007-2011, I sat on our Policy Committee. Commercially there had been a lot of effort to understand what “celebrities,” “media companies,” “musicians” etc wanted from the platform.

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What YouTube Taught Me About Facebook Live & Violent Footage

Hunter Walker

I saw this firsthand during my time at YouTube where in addition to running the product org from 2007-2011, I sat on our Policy Committee. Commercially there had been a lot of effort to understand what “celebrities,” “media companies,” “musicians” etc wanted from the platform.

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Zayo Group – One of Boulder’s Amazing Startup Stories

Feld Thoughts

I sought to mimic his propensity to leverage social media. By 2007, they were doing quite well. Instead, we sought to provide raw fiber, wavelengths, ethernet, IP, and technical space to those entities that needed a whole lot of bandwidth. Circa 2007, this was considered a ridiculous approach. “How can Brad help?”,

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. He did it so well and with such a smile on his face, that we started adding on more responsibilities, ultimately putting him in charge of our IP violations process.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

Posted by: Serkan | September 10, 2007 4:44 AM Thanks Serkan - the next post will be up soon. Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 4:46 AM Good read but. Posted by: Darren Stuart | September 10, 2007 4:53 AM What an excellent article! Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 6:28 AM Excellent post! Cant wait for more ;).