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JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software PHP Open Source 334

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). They’re mostly now thinking about serving demographically targeted ads to you, but that’s not very interesting.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0,

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

At the time we viewed Amazon’s offering, EC2 as too nascent. Imagine that you can develop software on your local computer but the entire service is delivered virtually through a partner in the same way people consumer energy with all of the scale benefits that go with that. Think about it.

Cloud 343

Cloud Technical Review Database Semantic 343