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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. 9 in 10 young adults trust advertising (aieee!) – [link]. 40 Extremely Shocking Advertisements – [link]. 100 Creative Modern Advertisements – [link]. Do agencies need labs?

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Conventional R&D can only address so many areas and it’s not exactly lean or fast.