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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

They had a lock on “distribution&# and were named AOL, Yahoo!, Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. Twitter resurfaces things and can drive old content viral. Twitter has become application distribution. Excite, Netscape & MSN.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

The self-assessment methodology, pioneered by Village Capital, is called VIRAL, for “Venture Investment Readiness and Awareness Levels.” . Foundry Group is using their portfolio company Monday to aggregate portfolio companies’ job postings on their own jobs page; Point Nine Capital uses Recruitee for the same purpose. 11) Exit .

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. Twitter is inherently viral.

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