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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates).

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. The market is moving back up, but slowly.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

Presenting in the Entertainment and Content Technology category at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, Sceenic will talk about its Watch Together SaaS solution, which enables media companies to create interactive co-viewing experiences for dispersed viewers. media market. That it’s like Coachella meets a tech summit.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. Evernote, Dropbox). Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. 2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2011 – “There is no network effect in the enterprise software business; it’s not a category we invest in anymore”. Evernote, Dropbox). Evernote, Dropbox). Myspace, Facebook). Everything).

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Sundance and a movie about a web pioneer you may have never heard of

BeyondVC

  Anyway, he went to start Pseudo.com, one of the first production companies for webisodes and streaming media.  " He then went on to wire his house with heat sensing cameras so that his and his girlfriend's every move would be streamed live over the Internet."