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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. It is to out friend.

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A reflection on a decade: 10 lessons after 10 years in VC

Version One Ventures

There are many ways to do this, whether it is being active on social media, writing a lot, etc. Founders can easily sniff out if you genuinely care about a new area based on innate interest and curiosity versus potential capital gains. Be a learning machine; stay curious and weird.

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Salesforce Acquires Radian6: How to Earn $2,850/hour

Growthink Blog

CRM giant Salesforce.com just acquired Radian6, a social media monitoring platform, for $326 million. Even though Chris and Chris only owned a small percentage of Radian6 after raising rounds of venture capital, they will still walk away with $14 million each according to CBC News. So let's do the math.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. Interim liquidity plus long-term capital gains work really, really well. With the set of cards we had at the time we sold, but what I wouldn’t give to still be working with and going long these two.

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My Big Plans For 2011 (Plus What You Need To Focus On Next Year)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The challenge for me came down to not just finding a way to make money, but a way to reach what I call the “ holy trinity “ This is not religious, but can have just as big an impact on your life.

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

Try going for a week without using a computer, smartphone, search engine, ecommerce, social media account, SMS, private message or email, to name a few services. So it makes sense that we all use the same social media network and a single search engine that learns and gets better based on every search that is entered into it.

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Perfecting a More Digital Union: Ro Khanna’s Dignity In A Digital Age

Reid Hoffman

In a third, he suggests offering a capital gains tax credit to institutions that invest in nontraditional, Black- and Brown-run firms or those led by women. Of course, as Khanna rightly notes, liking and sharing social media posts are not sufficient endpoints for democratic expression.