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A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY FEBRUARY 11, 2012 Utilities vs Networks It's interesting to see a network, Instagram , starting to replace the iPhone's native camera application in many users' daily usage of their phones. see this in my kids' behavior all the time. When they want to take a photo, they open Instagram, not the camera application. All the competitive apps got left in the dust. | FELD THOUGHTS FEBRUARY 16, 2012 You Can’t Motivate People I’m sitting on my balcony on the ninth floor of a hotel overlooking Miami Beach thinking about motivation. Specifically, mine. I’m deep into writing the first draft of Startup Communities and – with Amy – decided to plant myself in a warm place for two weeks as I finished up this draft. We got here late Monday night. | GENUINE VC FEBRUARY 12, 2012 A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Just as often, however, we’re investing alongside individual angel investors who are participating in the round as well. Angel investors come in many shapes and sizes, however. | | | | | | | | |
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MASHABLE.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics
Top Stories Photo & Video Galleries Top Lists Trending Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video More Topics. People Recommended Mashable Staff More people. Jobs Join Mashable on Google+ Welcome to Mashable! World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Grammys YouTube Google+. Trending Stories. February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. “). MORE >> -
DEAL ARCHITECT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 Why not more on enterprise software?
While the feedback to The New Polymath was overwhelmingly positive, I was a bit surprised what prompted some of the negative comments. few software companies bitched about the Salesforce case study. More than a few outsourcing firms complained about. The New Technology Elite MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Learning JavaScript With Code Year
Six weeks ago I saw a tweet about a new thing from Codecademy called Code Year. It promised to teach you how to code in 2012. signed up right away and am now one of 396,103 people who have signed up as of this moment. Like a good MIT graduate, I’ve procrastinated. JavaScript – not so much. Week 1 was trivial. MORE >> -
 Duck Duck Go Passed 1mm Searches Per Day
I'm a bit late with this news about our portfolio company Duck Duck Go but I am super excited about it so I'm posting it anyway. I'll let a tweet tell the story: We received over 1,000,000 direct searches yesterday for the first time ever! duckduckgo.com/traffic.html. duckduckgo (@duckduckgo) February 14, 2012. Related articles. MORE >> -
CONVERSIONXL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012  Useful value proposition examples (and how to create a good one)
Value proposition is the #1 thing that determines whether people will bother reading more about your product or hit the back button. It’s also the main thing you need to test – if you get it right, it will be a huge boost. If I could give you only one piece of conversion advice , “test your value proposition” would be it. MORE >>
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- Every Entrepreneur Needs a Mentor, but not a Critic STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012
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- Is There A Moat Around Your Castle? STARTUP DAILY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- 4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Entrepreneurs Due Diligence on Investors Is Smart STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
- Let Your Employees Play! FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
- Social Contract for Product Managers SVPG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012
- Want to Be More Inventive? Think Like a Fifth Grader FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and Incubators, Part III SOCALTECH.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
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