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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world.

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007.

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Cracking The Code: Why I disagree with Tony Zingale on the future.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. internet. (6). ► 2007. (10). How the use of internet is transform. anecdotes. (13).

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. And then came AOL.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day. Those things all got created in 2007, 2008. How can founders be proactive rather than reactive?

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Directory of Blogs by Entrepreneurs

Altgate

Joel Spolsky , Founder / CEO at Fog Creek Software (64,598) Seth Godin , Founder of Yoyodyne; creator of "permission marketing" (41,957) Jason Fried , 37signals co-founder Jason Fried (and other 37signals employees) (31,595) Tim O'Reilly , Founder / CEO of O'Reilly Media (10,269) Jason Calacanis , CEO of Mahalo (10,000) [ note: this (..)

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). Silicon Valley founders and executives routinely say, “well the banker said we have to do this, or we can’t do that.”

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