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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. uh, hello!

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster).

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. The State of Mobile 2021 report by App Annie goes in-depth into the consumer trends in mobile. Mobile adoption boomed in 2020 – $143 Billion Consumer Spend, 3.5 social media. credit App Annie.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. In March 2022 Niantic acquired 8thwall , a WebAR developer platform, and in March 2020, it acquired 6D.ai , a company building 3D maps using the mobile phone camera. Unity’s recent $4.4

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