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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. But network effects can be an integral component of business-focused services as well. Empowering Content Creators.

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FLoC: Google’s Plan to Kill Off Third-Party Cookies

ConversionXL

The solution has to balance four variables: Revenue for publishers that sell ad space; Targeting capability for ad networks; Return on ad spend for ad buyers; Privacy for users who see ads. But without third-party cookies, what’s a display network to do? It also gives an ad network, AdMatica, permission to view that interest.

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Greatly Improve Your Real Estate Business By Using Blockchain Technology

YoungUpstarts

For those who are totally lost when it comes to blockchain technology , just imagine one huge spreadsheet that has been duplicated thousands of times over across massive computer network. This “smart” network is continually updating each block in the spreadsheet as needed, keeping detailed, unchangeable, highly encrypted public records.

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Where are the opportunities for the next venture-scale marketplace business?

Version One Ventures

We love their network effects and continue to invest in them. At Version One, we are more inclined to invest in businesses where the services are as commoditized as products so there isn’t supplier preference nor disintermediation. Here’s a question that we have been getting a lot lately: Do you still invest in marketplaces? .

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. The 4G forgery – T-Mobile does not have a 4G network – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link]. SPEC Campaign [link].

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Corporate VCs open the door to their parent companies and are well networked in their industries. Corporate VC networks extend beyond their own parent companies. Mari Holds a B.A. So how do you get a warm intro?

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A Critical, but Ignored Metric for Marketplaces

A Crowded Space

They will not care much about their online reputation, they will not drive turnaround times lower, and they will be disintermediation risks. Make sure you have enough demand to support your network - make sure they can spend most of their time working and earning. When I was in consulting, I had to maintain an 80% billable ratio.

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