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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. I would also note that they claim 2.1

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Barrington Coffee – Fort Point Channel. Flour – Bakery and Coffee Shop in Fort Point Channel. Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred). Bocoup Loft - Coworking and events. Ruby specialists.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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The topic is “The Future of Mobile Applications&# and I pronounce, “App is Crap.&# It is a step backward for our industry. It is a channel disguised in business clothing. And they swore they’d never let the application companies do it to them again. It’s a channel. Or would it?

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Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved

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People fear his intentions and they’re pissed off at the changes Facebook has made to its privacy settings or channel arrangements. This pissed off application developers because it became harder to find apps. I know a lot of people fear him right now and the popular thing to do is rag on Mark.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

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Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Invention Labs.

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Design for Startups: The Aesthetics of Web Apps in 6 Questions

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This is the kind of thing an average user cant put their finger on, but on a subconscious level, it bothers them and gives them a negative opinion of the application." Bond cautions teams to always develop and design with the end user in mind.

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