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

View from Seed

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. While all three of our most recent investments built on this foundational idea still remain stealthy, everyone utilizes connected technology to uniquely deliver a service or bundled product.

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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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FLoC: Google’s Plan to Kill Off Third-Party Cookies

ConversionXL

put this ad on web pages about motorcycles”); General information about the interests of the person who is going to see the ad (e.g., If a user interacts with multiple ads from the same advertiser around the web, these IDs can help the advertiser build a profile of the user’s browsing habits. How FLoC works. Featured Image Source.

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. Fast Company asks: “Is “Undesigned&# the Next Great Web Trend?&# – [link].

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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

I had alluded to this in a piece I wrote in 2015 – Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?: “Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector.

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The Biggest & Boldest Undertaking of 2018

Growthink Blog

Jeff Bezos will bring his hyper focus on the end customer experience, and then how to apply technology to make that experience as quick, delightful, and consistent as possible. Through a re-examining and re-engineering of how our businesses utilize technology to deliver more value to our customers at a lower cost?

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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. Franchising is a great “old school” way of accomplishing this and Uber the ultimate 21st century technological way to do so.