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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

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Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based. Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. Empowering Content Creators.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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And because of this, the demand for Silicon Valley caliber talent is growing exponentially. But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. That’s a fraction of the typical commute in Silicon Valley, for example.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

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If massively succesful, Isis might disintermediate the companies that manufacturer plastic payment cards and perhaps the companies that make mag stripe hardware (e.g. Also some of the mobile banking players are considering to build a parallel network that would disintermediate the card associations. Read More ».

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