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GTK’s and Pillsbury’s Internet of Things Executive Event - 2015 Edition

Growthink Blog

I had the good fortune to attend and participate in GTK Partners and Pillsbury's Internet of Things (IoT) Executive Event in Palo Alto last week. On a case x case basis, perhaps barely noticeable incremental improvements, but transformative in their aggregate. Work Process Improvements. Personal Delights. read more.

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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

ReadWriteStart

On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Two events this week in St. Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there.

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Four Branches of the Green Web

Genuine VC

Of the all the feedback I received from people about this post, it surprised me how much of it was focused and resonated around the second one, the internet’s facilitation of a green lifestyle. I see four categories where The Green Web is emerging, with numerous websites: 1. Becoming an integral component of a service.

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

goods and services, especially services, and they are expanding in aggregate at a rate that even 10% U.S. The great thing is that via the Internet we CAN copy the principles of the best of them – Zappos’ and Mind Valley’s and scores of others are online for all to see. These are fantastic new markets for U.S. The answer: Nobody.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University. No logins, no codes, just raw uncensored internet access. But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. Good Post.

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User-hostile vs. user-friendly email signup tactics: Which works best?

The Next Web

1 mom that still is trying to understand what is a “news aggregator”. If you work with a laptop and Internet, I’m sure you are experiencing them as much as I am. On the other hand, I also know that it is increasingly difficult to grab the attention of an Internet user. 11 minutes server downtime. 21,062 unique visitors.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

Green: low-energy consuming phones and products for using the mobile as an energy monitoring device in the house. mobile telephone operators, broadcasters, content aggregators and media agents. VC Cafe's own little 'cloud' for MWC 2010, taken from the Israeli IMA brochure.

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