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Four Building Blocks for the New “Second Industrial Revolution”

Rob Go

But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies). 5 Years ago, the mobile web meant email on the blackberry or really lame on-deck applications on feature phones.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals. Developer and publisher of social mobile games. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. Read more: TechCrunch.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. Today, Syria shut down the Internet nationwide Sand are limiting the functionality of mobile services and land lines in some cities as well. Chinese mobile carrier China Telecom Corp. Source AP via Twitter ]. -