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2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. The recovering economy has really boosted brand ad budgets in 2010, with online ad spend back to setting records again. Social games overflow out of Facebook.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

The VCIR Winter 2010 conference will be held at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek, Colorado, February 23-25, showcasing early-growth companies from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children. TopSchool, Inc.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. As an active member of the telecommunications and Internet community, Caruso will address the attendees about the virtues of starting a company in the Rocky Mountains.

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Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem) Lean startups don’t optimize. Many optimizers are in favor of split-testing, too: direct marketers, landing page and SEO experts -- heck even the Google Website Optimizer team. Bring your questions.

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Top 5 Reasons to Include Email Marketing in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

Even though global IPO markets may now be showing a bit of an uptick, indicative of the trend of new company formations after the abysmal depths of 2007 to 2010, any entrepreneur who has been trying to raise capital for a new venture does not have to be told that money is tighter than ever and investors have taken risk aversion to new heights.

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Tuesday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

Brian Halligan Brian Halligan is CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot , a marketing software company he co-founded four years ago to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found&# on the internet. Janine Popick Janine Popick is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse (Inc.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

In April 2011, just prior to the Linked In, Pandora, and RenRen IPO’s, Fred Wilson reaffirmed his belief on his blog that we were not in a bubble in this sector: “I n all the posts over the past year or so outlining my thoughts on the financing and valuation environment in the internet sector, I’ve avoided using the word Bubble.