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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

Both Sides of the Table

I have always loved watching videos there but always believed that any company controlled by a consortia of interests would be doomed in the long run – especially by established, large incumbents with an interest in protecting the past more than innovating the future. I would reduce my equity stake much further.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

www.drowningamerican.com

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. Musings on Life and the American Dream.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

I think this episode is worth watching ( video is here ) but as always I’ll try to summarize for anybody short on time. We covered the topic in the video and if you don’t know the issue you might learn from listening to our discussion. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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Twitter Link Roundup #111 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ad Networks Next? – [link].