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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. The service would use early-stage smart phones and a push system developed by Rhino.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 We have lower costs to create companies – leading to more early stage innovation. Money flowing into our industry has also massively downsized. Everybody is now payment ready.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Capitalize - Regular pitch events where early stage companies get direct feedback from local VC’s. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Northeastern IDEA Venture Accelerator. Olin College Foundry Program. Smaller and High Quality Meetups. Invite only.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Greycroft is an early-stage VC. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

Today, it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, with a market capitalization of more than $550 billion, directly employing 47,000 and supporting a far larger economy , from contractors and suppliers to iOS application developers. Granted most startups will never become another Apple or Google.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

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The firm’s development team must be able to integrate primitive, early-stage technologies. March 1, 2011 12:31 PM. Dave Rooney on Application Development Methodologies. The firm’s purchasing department needs to understand how to negotiate with start-ups. Regards, Cassiano Surek. Post a Comment.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Someone likes my work as a consulting CTO.