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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

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Audio advertising matures – In Carat Trends 2021 the media agency expects there to be a significant increase in audio advertising as both brands and platforms realise its value and power. Audio will be a key component of the next wave of content and consumption, and it is set to continue to grow.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” Now on Zoom, I can just fall back to audio-only, or drop off the gathering when I’m ready to leave.

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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

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3) Generational readiness – Gen-Z, also known as ‘digital natives’ grew up with mobile devices and virtual worlds like Roblox and audio rooms like Discord or RecRoom spending more time online than any generation before. As a venture capital fund, our success is driven by backing companies with large financial outcomes.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

And three, I was an early employee of Swell Radio, a “Pandora for podcast” app which personalized spoken-word audio streams for users — Swell was ultimately acquired by a “large consumer technology company” and eventually retired as an app. 2/ Big Consumer Tech Cares About Audio. 3/ Audio As A Feature Of Streaming Services.

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

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The Skqueak That Roars: New App Combines Drawing, Audio, Images. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. Venture Capital innovation people. View More in Health IT ›.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences. Point Nine Capital uses Contactually for contact management. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

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Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More - Ten Recent Great Startup Posts

SoCal CTO

Explicit markup for audio and video places elevates moving pictures to a similar native rendering capacity as markup we are used to but with more fine-grained details about underlying formats and compression available before loading. How Unique Is A Unique Visitor? -