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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

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Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

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There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad.

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Are We Entering 2013 in Crunch-Mode?

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It is for those same reasons that it is capital efficient to start a software bits-based company that it is also now just as capital efficient to operate a software bits-based company.

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Start Your Marketplace Engines

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Communities like those of uTest (software QA testers), as well as NextView portfolio companies GrabCAD (mechanical engineers) and thredUP (parents), which resulted in marketplaces had origins in this approach. Attract would-be buyers with research/learning about purchasing … suppliers will follow.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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Not only will Apple now be able to monetize through physical product and content (first-party software & resold entertainment media) sales, it will be able to generate real revenue via advertising. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.

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Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions? Then (Google) & Now (Apple)

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Not only will Apple now be able to monetize through physical product and content (first-party software & resold entertainment media) sales, it will be able to generate real revenue via advertising. Like with Google’s acquisition of Applied Semantics, this deal adds a fundamentally new business model to the company.

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Seven Coming Digital Uber-trends which Are Ripe for Startup Opportunities

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Influence and word-of-mouth marketing facilitated by online social software. Social software (in its broadest sense) coupled with the principles of word-of-mouth marketing will provide for successfully reaching potential customers via the most trusted source – people they already know.

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