VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? In the first five months of 2022, more than $120 billion have been invested in building out metaverse technology and infrastructure, according to McKinsey. The future of social media and 3D interaction is the biggest priority to Facebook. Also, their $1.6

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The pace of technological advancement has been frantic. From Open Source LLMs, to new APIs, both startups and tech giants continue to push the envelope on what is possible to automate and improve using generative AI technologies. It’s hard to know for sure, but this can transform content creation for social media.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Intellectual property.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2022

One aspect I am particularly intrigued about is how our world of media and entertainment will look like with AI. Tips and tricks of how to use ChatGPT to create catchy headlines and social media posts are popping up in lots of places. As the technology becomes more sophisticated, we can expect to see even higher quality and formats.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). Deb follows many Cornell companies and writes about them for various Cornell publications and media outlets. The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology. Hope you enjoy it.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Obama Administration Comes Out Against SOPA And Protect IP – [link]. Can Technology Transform Education Before It’s Too Late? If Apple Made Water – [link].

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Smart social media focused program by Miller High Life – [link]. With increasing numbers of mobile apps, IP theft is becoming more common – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

. “We don’t have budget for that this year” “I don’t believe in social media advertising.” We will have to build (or buy) technology in this area.” ” “I’m already in a pilot with one of your competitors.” It’s too strategic. ” Whatever this issue is.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Blacklisting, shadow banning, and demonetizing by major search and social media platforms interfere with access to news and information. Two-thirds of Americans rely on social media for their news; yet seven in 10 distrust online platforms ( Pew ). It can be difficult to tell whether a social media account is legitimate.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. The service is a proven revenue generator for Media Companies (TV, newspapers, Radio stations), VAS providers and carriers. private networks, in nearly 100 countries.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

Paid Media. Owned Media. The Minerva Check is a collection of media plan minimums required for success. Throw everything in there, and out comes a list of things that every media plan has to meet to be greenlit. How does the portfolio of all our activities – owned, earned, paid media, promotions etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly Of course the media doesn’t do nuance well so this is an emotional topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

But we’re a technology company that produces great video not the other way around. Give access to music that is legal, avoiding lawsuits and ensuring revenue isn’t captured by other IP owners. Expect to hear a lot more about Maker technology in the next 18 months.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s PMarchetti.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2015

More and more, my obsession and appreciation for voice over IP (VoIP) and hosted PBX grew. Take Facebook for example, it’s improved social media platform trumped the rest and is now innovating advertising strategies in the social world. Again, taking a break from technology to truly unwind can help recharge your brain.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 1, 2018

New Service Offering for Digital Technology Innovation. It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation. GFi is now offering a new version of MoshPit to discover ideas that exploit new digital technologies. Social Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. There are many companies with phenomenal IP that is truly differentiated but where the original executive team squandered their opportunity due to inability to sell, market or service customers. ” (Warren Buffett).

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Ad targeting happens through social media, online behavior, and demographics. Social media use and cookies follow a consumer everywhere they go on the Internet unless they take pains to keep themselves from being tracked. Current technologies will be built upon, enabling even greater targeting of advertising dollars.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Has there ever been a moment in time when so many new technologies are washing over us all at once? AI, Analytics, IoT, Big Data, Cloud, Mobile, Social Media, Sensors, Robotics, Augmented Reality, Voice Recognition… and the list goes on. The elephant in the room is that the new technology requires a truly different approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

According to the 2022 Media Trends report by Deloitte , more than 80% of both men and women say they play, with half of smartphone owners saying they play on a smartphone daily. And our cloud streaming technology delivers immersive gameplay at massive scale. The stakes of Cloud Gaming are high.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. The device is compact and lightweight and attaches easily to any handheld camera.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

or Midjourney 4, have taken this technology mainstream and for the first time even risked Google’s dominance in search. It will be tough for new startups to compete on AI core technology. IP issues, malicious use, future regulatory risk – Midjourney. The launch of ChatGPT (based on GPT-3.5)

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Board Effect

JUNE 22, 2020

By gathering information from the internet, spear phishers tailor an email to a specific individual using their name and other information they found out about you that you may have posted on a social media account or somewhere else on the web. Often, they ask you to transfer or wire large sums of money.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

By day he works on web and social media for HP. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. Why Eastern Europe?

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

link] A compliment or IP rip off with me and @ rentoid as the victims? I was a bit annoyed at first. and sent out a tweet to assess the mood of my army of advisers on twitter. I tweeted the following: Not sure what to think of this? The responses were varied, but all were within the theme of this person clearly does not get what it takes.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

The movie business of today is all "pre-sold" IP. NEW media has become the home of innovation and imagination. Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? Toy Story 3? Karate Kid 3? Iron Man 2? Sex and The City 2?

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media, argues , “Blitzscaling isn’t really a recipe for success but rather survivorship bias masquerading as a strategy.” Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Technology-centric businesses. Technology-centric businesses.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Thanks to Keenan Beavis, Longhouse Media ! #4- Today, our 16-person team has innovated new technologies to transform microbes into meat, patented our technology, built a state-of-the-art pilot plant and partnered with major food companies to bring this planet-saving food to the masses. Photo Credit: Kim Pendergrass.

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