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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

I decided to go back through the Wayback Machine to figure out what Buddy has called itself over the years: 7/27/2007 – Application Developer: Buddy Media is the leading developer of applications for the emerging new media platforms, including Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) CTO – London – Upto £80k Aneesh Chopra Named as Federal CTO This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm and is filed under articles.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

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Saturday, February 16, 2008. ► 2009. (2). ▼ 2008. (9). Dave Rooney on Application Development Methodologies. Enjoy this eclectic collection of essays, recipes, and fictions -. From time to time, Ill address information technology, and how it impacts business and daily life. ► September. (1).

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Design for Startups: The Aesthetics of Web Apps in 6 Questions

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There are rare cases where an apps mind-blowing functionality can override any other concerns but otherwise users tend to make a decision about an applications usefulness to them within the first few moments of using it. What web design trends have surfaced and dominated in 2009? Aesthetics play a major part in that decision."

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Top 5 Take-Aways From CTIA

Seeing Both Sides

  On the positive side, 2008 saw 1 trillion text messages (up 3x from previous year) and double-digit growth in revenue and subscribers.   Content and applications are exploding as everyone is trying to follow iPhone’s pioneering moves and (finally) smart phones and the mobile Internet are becoming mainstream in the US. 

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5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups

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Fast forward to almost 2008 and those days are gone. Even a seemingly simple task of writing a system script might not be the best use of development time. System programming is very different from application development and is not straightforward. link] Looking for Widgets? Browse Smarter.

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