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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media. And will society demand to have more of the algorithmic black box that feeds it information exposed in public?

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Why don't we just put this plan on the internet? I think it was December of 2010, and happened to just be reading that paper on the internet one day and just immediately captivated my attention. I studied computer science also, but when I first read the paper, my thought was, wow, this could be kind of like the internet.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

4G/ LTE (Long Term Evolution) -the fourth generation of networks, enabling faster downloading in 4G phones (100 megabit per second compared to today’s 21 megabit/sec in 3G phones). Our unique and patented algorithms are a breakthrough in the present state of the art. A turnkey solution based on a fully telco-grade platform.

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How Will Demand Media Make This Work?

Andrew Payne

In that spirit, SEC filings are a great source of entrepreneurial case studies, and recently I’ve been reading about Demand Media. Demand Media has a mix of businesses, including a domain name registrar. Their risk for Google search algorithm changes has been well-reported.

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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

It allows small businesses to raise $1 million, from a limit of 10% of income or $10,000 from individual investors, without registering their companies with the SEC. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era. If these software companies each build this authority algorithm in-house then they may become a product. Read more: SEC S1 Filing (amended 05-03-2010) , peHUB. Raising $75mm in IPO, values company at $515mm.

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