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Internet/Media: 5 things that will define 2011

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. This is as much of a game-changer (due to a new distribution model based on the social graph) as going from offline to the Internet was in the 90s. The aggregation of such high-intent traffic is what makes Google a formidable force on the Internet.

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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. I think we’ll see more from the online lending space in 2011, so I may just have been too early on that part of the prediction! Now, on to my predictions for 2011: __.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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Groupon Getting Pummeled Daily in the Israeli Deal Market, BUY2 Leads

VC Cafe

Back in January 2011, Groupon bought out Grouper.co.il , Israel’s first to market daily deal site for an estimated $8-15 million US dollars. On August 3rd, 2011, BUY2 bought out competitor Deal Hayom for 2 million shekels ($568,000, 08/06/11, Hebrew article). and BUY2 is succeeding. 90,000, and Groupon.co.il made a palsy ?

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members. So, here goes.

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I’m joining ff Venture Capital

David Teten

Among the firm’s most successful seed investments that have reached maturity are Cornerstone OnDemand (which raised $137m in a March 2011 IPO, ticker CSOD) and Quigo Technologies (sold to AOL for a reported $340m). Before making the decision to join the firm, I did some research on early-stage tech investing as an asset class.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. View More in Seattle ›. View More in Cleantech ›. Health IT ›.