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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause. Previous Entries.

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The Difference Between Apple & Facebook ? AGILEVC

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Windows Mobile has been a disappointment to date but Azure (an outgrowth of the.NET framework) is growing as a force on the cloud/server side. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Microsoft has two huge ones in the Windows OS and Xbox. Adobe has done it with Flash and PDF. Previous Entries.

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Change Collective: Helping Create A Better You

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I thought I’d share a little of what makes us enthusiastic to partner with Ben, Derek, and their team to help them as they build their business. My partners and I are excited about the company for several reasons: 1) Authentic & Experienced Team – Ben and Derek understand behavior change and personal improvement to their core.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

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Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Objective Logistics & Keeping Things in Perspective ? AGILEVC

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Part lives in the cloud and part is embedded in point of sale (POS) software systems. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Objective Logistics has created a game layer on top of very sophisticated scheduling algorithms which increase revenue, save time, and improve customer and staff satisfaction.

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The ?PC? Era Finally Arrives ? AGILEVC

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What he and others have meant is of course that the desktop computer is losing its preeimance as the primary computing platform with the rise of smartphones and tablets at one end and cloud computing (in all its forms) at the other. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries.

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Are Google-Scale Outcomes More Frequent? ? AGILEVC

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As a result of a convergence of many factors (lean startup methodology, broadband & smartphone penetration, social web, cloud computing, etc), breakout startups are clearly getting scale faster than they used to. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.