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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

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Thirteen promising young companies had just taken the stage, and Silicon Alley’s tech community was abuzz with the news of Single Platform being acquired by Constant Contact for $100 million, hot on the heels of Buddy Media being purchased for $800 million. "A Apps & Software. the poor individual investor). June 19, 2012.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. After all, people rarely say they are mad because they are not being heard.

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