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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. What We Saw in 2011…. The list of applications to engage, empower and organize citizens continues to grow, and will be one of the most defining legacies of 2011.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

RIM is dedicated to working with the developer community in taking their feedback, along with other information and prioritize it as the platform and development process is further refined. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops.

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Build it and they won’t come: How and why growth hacking came to be

The Next Web

Why has growth hacking so strongly resonated with the startup community? One explanation is that “growth hacking” is just a catchy way to rebrand marketers, but this begs the question as to why “growth hacking” went viral in the first place. Paid advertising channels follow the same pattern. 05 percent CTR on Facebook in 2011.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Grockit – Provides online adaptive test prep services and community.

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Risk-takers and Strategists: Jeremiah Owyang on Long-Term Social Media Planning

ReadWriteStart

At this point, with Twitter and Facebook having hit critical mass and millions opting into location-based advertisements, the issue for most organizations is transitioning from ad hoc profile updates to long-term strategy. After all, virality often tends to be based on ideas that are new to the public. Hiring The Right Candidate.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

May 26, 2011. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. PartnerUp If you have a question that can be expressed in fewer than 140 characters, the PartnerUp community will likely have an answer. Twitter is more about advertising these days instead of about connecting.