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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. With over half a billion users and open graph integration, Facebook is the Internet with social graph at its core. The aggregation of such high-intent traffic is what makes Google a formidable force on the Internet. Year of Social Utilities.

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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011 To Introduce Techventure Asiasons Innovation Awards

YoungUpstarts

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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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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New study: Britain leads the world in mobile data consumption, m-commerce and internet TV

The Equity Kicker

New research from Ofcom has found that Britain leads the world in usage of several key technologies: Most likely to access TV content over the internet: 23% of us do so every week (USA is second with 17%). Use more mobile data: In Dec 2011 the average mobile connection downloaded 424 megabytes of data (Japan was second with 392 megabytes).

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

2011 is going to be a great year for entrepreneurs – even better than 2010. But this investment will happen globally and the US may see a decline in VC-funded startups in 2011. Investors will be bullish on startups. Social media will continue to attract investment, as well as clean energy, nano technologies, and bio-pharma.

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Set Your Online Reputation Before Someone Else Does

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. In fact, damage to reputation and brand has moved up to #4 from #6 in the Top 10 risks identified in Aon''s 2013 Global Risk Management Risk Ranking , moving ahead of business interruption and failure to innovate to meet customer needs in 2011.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Carpe Diem. The rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times. The New Exits.

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