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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

About three years ago I attended a Web 2.0 This was before the great recession, but in the middle of the explosion of web apps and social media. One thing that came up repeatedly, then, was the impact of steeply declining web development costs on professional investment. This was a problem for a few, and an opportunity for many.

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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. No entity is immune to technology disruption. The recently announced $5.3B

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4 Well-Known Companies to Emulate

Growthink Blog

Warby manages this killer combination of moderate prices and solid margins through supply chain efficiencies on the back end and on the front end picture perfect web branding and “white glove” customer service. How to emulate this great business? Very many companies have as their business model distributing / reselling, - i.e

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Social CRM at the Crossroads

Venture Chronicles

The last 2 years have been banner years for social CRM technology where the term itself went from being derided as being made up by vendors and analysts rather than defining an actual technology segment, to one of enthusiasm and excitement for how social technologies are changing the way companies engage their customers.

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

Agile VC

That sounds like a lot of responsibility for someone fresh out of undergrad as I was then, but in reality both of these were peripheral elements of PayPal’s core web-based payment product which was still heavily concentrated on eBay auctions at the time. Chris Chaten. Any thoughts on Isis? link] leehower.

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Terence Kawaja Presents “Clash of the Titans” in Social Media

VC Cafe

But as of late, web 2.0 Companies from a vast variety of background who have never compete with each other, are now converging business models and are all competing. The weapon which they can utilize are: software, devices, technology around location, cloud computing, payments, and AI. There is disintermediation going on.