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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 According to Gamesbeat , the streaming wars will spill over to the cloud gaming wars, with media companies, streaming companies and telcos looking to include gaming packages in their offerings. social media. Fortnite alone made $1.8

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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

YoungUpstarts

It wasn’t that long ago that web-savvy marketers were touting the advances in technology that allowed anyone to build a website, publish a blog, or embark on a social media campaign. The advent of mobile platforms has rendered all of those tools passé.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. The global macro conditions could weigh heavily on the IPO market for awhile. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga. Life was good.

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Q&A with Eldon Mascoll: Toronto Digital Media Expert

Hearpreneur

Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has built a career around working various digital media formats like advertising, marketing, film and television production. Eldon Mascoll returned to his hometown of Toronto in 2003, where he has since led multiple ventures, including the launch of Games On Wheels Canada and Freedom Park Media Group.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

Evangelos Simoudis zJoining me in from the studio at Stanford University were: Evangelos Simoudis , venture investor and senior advisor to global corporations. Srivastava , chief data scientist at Verizon. Ashok Srivastava. Ashok formerly was the Principal Scientist for Data Sciences at NASA Ames Research Center.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Lisa Nicole Bell , Inspired Life Media Group.) Adam Witty , Advantage Media Group. Have an account?