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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments). Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. I believe that many social networks confused this idea.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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IGNITE! pitch event at Microsoft – September 4

David Teten

Simple, Actionable, Data-Driven Insight for Improving Digital Advertising. Pricing Engine provides a simple, unified place for SMBs to manage their digital advertising. Smaller advertisers can buy ads, benchmark themselves against their peers, improve and expand their campaigns – all in one place. Pricing Engine Inc.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

Designed as a work space for writers, Paragraph takes up a 2,500-square-foot loft space in New York City. startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more. Notable investors in this coworking space include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). View More » Social Good President Obama Tells Gay Teens "It G.