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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Mobility really changes everything. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. The Funding Problem. Today we’re online 3.1

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development.

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

What came next was a host of candid moments caught by camcorders, surveillance cameras or mobile phones – a wave that virtually guarantees that one day just about everything will be digitally captured. Simpson car chase; YouTube in 2005; and now Google Glass. Streaming Media. Here are a few ideas that merit your attention: 1.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).