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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). The era of the patriarch is nearing an end. What’s Next in 2012….

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Meet the New Enterprise Customer, He’s a Lot Like the Old Enterprise Customer

Ben's Blog

20 years ago, the technology adoption curve generally conformed to the following order: Government —specifically Defense and Intelligence organizations. The stunning reversal is one of many profound side effects of broad scale Internet adoption. Some things have changed, but others are exactly as they were.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more. How to listen to customers, and not just the loud.

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22 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on The Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

To build an app, you can purchase a cheap Chromebook, connect to an incredibly powerful array of supercomputers for next to no cost on AWS, and you can distribute your minimally viable product across large social networks like Linkedin and Facebook with just a key stroke. 14- Leveraging technology to solve problems.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

I just knew that subscription-based dial-up services like CompuServe and America Online, and the one I’d been working on at Apple, eWorld , could potentially distribute information in far more powerful ways than what you could do with books, TV, and other traditional forms of media. Follow your network.”. Trust your allies too.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. The Canadian government matched the investment, and the 15-year plan kicked off.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. SpaceX has an incredible technological, competitive advantage over its peers and now it has an incredible advantage in sourcing government relationships. Can you share more about why you take this approach?