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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Will this Trend Last? In my mind there is no doubt this a lifetime trend. That always happens.

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Irene brings rain, flooding and end of news as we know it [#irene]

This is going to be BIG.

From now on, we’re going to be connecting right to direct sources ourselves—to government newsfeeds and to citizens broadcasting their own local experiences right from the scene—right to our TVs. Governments are getting online and making every piece of data they have into a feed. This is only the beginning.

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