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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

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It’s developing a differentiated product in a market where you can demonstrate value to your customers – whether they’re paying or not. My argument as an entrepreneur and my thesis as an investor is that I’m looking to get to basecamp. I define basecamp as an attainable goal in the 2 year time horizon.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

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Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Companies like LocalResponse are using this implicit data to help merchants offer better targeting to loyal customers and help them figure out whom their customers are in the first place. And I feel great about that.

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