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Odds Are, Your Startup Probably Isn't a Platform ? AGILEVC

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It encompasses not just a technical infrastructure but also a user experience framework, usually some form of a selling channel, and a defined large-scale developer ecosystem. Salesforce is trying to create a platform both through internal efforts on Force.com and acquisitions (e.g. Apple’s iOS is a platform.

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Our Investment in Cloze ? AGILEVC

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His co-founder/CMO Alex Cote has run customer acquisition programs that have attracted millions of users via a range of channels. Though he’s been both a CTO and a VP Product and managed large teams before, he built all of Cloze’s initial product himself from the back end through to the presentation layer.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

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Here in Boston both Microsoft and Google have made significant expansions in recent years in Cambridge, and PayPal/eBay is poised to do the same in downtown Boston through acquisition and organic growth. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.