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The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or …

Feld Thoughts

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund. No phones, no email.

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Twitter Link Roundup #80 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The image above is a photo of Manarola, Italy – a small town in northern Italy. The Economics of Attention: Why There Are No Second Chances on the Internet – [link]. Time to move to Kansas City for faster Internet speeds? Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Are you listening?

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Create Your Own Live Internet Radio Show With Spreaker

YoungUpstarts

If you always wanted to create your own live web-based radio show but have no idea how to do it, here’s a simple and elegant solution for you – Spreaker ( www.spreaker.com ) is an audio platform that allows anyone to create, broadcast and share audio across the Internet easily.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Requirements: You must have access to a web cam and a reliable Internet connection. Currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.

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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. And when Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994, many people had never even heard of something called the internet. True, your business aspirations may be on a more modest scale than these world-famous brands.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

5 – A Love Affair With Italy. I have a love affair with Italy. I was born there, lived there for the first ten years of my life and could probably spend hours talking about Italy and it’s cuisine. I am able to bring people to Italy and introduce them to this great country and all the food it has to offer.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

A bank wire is not always a convenient mode of payment, especially for customers in China who do not use internet banking. On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. Automated reminders.

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