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

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The Past (1985-2002). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. And then came AOL.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Though Israeli growth dipped to below 1 percent in 2009, it started crawling back to between 3% and 4% towards the end of the year helped by strict fiscal policy and a balanced budget. It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

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In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”? Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. Build yourself a brand moat like these 3 brands. Infuse your workplace culture with your brand.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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1:00 – 3:40). In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. 6:00 – 7:30). How did you get into VC? (9:30

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel. Cracking The Code.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

3 – My Husband’s Best Friend. I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name. Thanks to Jacob Layani, CrownTV ! #3

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12 Questions: Meet Dragan Lon?ar (Belgrade, Serbia)

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I lived almost a year in Helsinki, Finland, and over six years in London, UK, where I had various experiences in fast paced market, even to the point of being a Creative Partner in my own company that was buried after several unpaid pitches, just after a half million pounds budget branding and launch campaign.

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