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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. 2007 was the watershed year. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). The iPhone was released.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. How do you use LinkedIn?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

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iPhone & iPad #distribution #ormaybemarketing # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 2: Partner with someone with an established distribution channel, ie. Mint & finances #distribution #andalsoproduct # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 3: Build brand buzz to epic proportions, aka a Purple Cow, ie.

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Google Adds Reputation Management to Dashboard :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

Both of these moved signal a renewed focus on making both Profiles and Places pages more important in their ecosystem and perhaps ultimately in a social network of some sort.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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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 ;).