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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

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From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. HTC One Review. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. Trending Stories.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t. Ask Microsoft, Autodesk or Salesforce.com – the evidence was there from Seattle to Sand Hill Road. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features.

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

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Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was mostly timing.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

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In 2004 I began blogging. I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. If something caught my eye, I’d immediately send a message to them, or do a little due diligence to see what the website was about.