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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. He knows the ad management and ad network businesses. Good luck, guys.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Investors: Greylock (Asheem Chandna) (lead), LightSpeed (Ravi Mhatre) (lead). Investors: Google Ventures. I believe that “strategic&# money is an oxymoron.

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How to Stay in Control of Your Meetings

Both Sides of the Table

A board meeting shouldn’t be the place an investor questions why you’re focused on customers A and not customers B. Sometimes it’s because you have strategic investors. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts. Here’s the reality.

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Meet the bold 20-year-old behind Spanish Firefox OS smartphone maker Geeksphone [Video]

The Next Web

The next year, the startup’s first smartphone – aptly named One – was already shipping to customers, making Geeksphone the first European brand to launch an Android smartphone for the masses. That may be the case, and he makes valid points, but as usual, the end customer will vote with his or her wallet.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. In a new neighborhood during what is traditionally the hardest hit months for restaurateurs, we needed to test a myriad of ideas for getting customers into our shop. Revel – our iPad-based point of sale.

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A Socially-responsible, Triple-bottom line Taco Shop: SMB Tech Talk from Chaia

Hunter Walker

HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. In a new neighborhood during what is traditionally the hardest hit months for restaurateurs, we needed to test a myriad of ideas for getting customers into our shop. Revel – our iPad-based point of sale.

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