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Are You the Fool at The Table?

Steve Blank

The major adoption wave for the Internet technology platform will hit in the next 8 years; 3) the economics of building Internet businesses has changed; 4) the markets are much bigger. They’re the mortgage brokers and real estate agents in the housing bubble, the investment bankers and technology press in the dot.com bubble.

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Are Facebook and Groupon Bubbles Waiting To Burst?

Growthink Blog

Over 500 Groupon “copycat” websites have sprung up all over the Internet, taxing the already somewhat “faddish” demand for the daily deals site. So we are left with that sinking feeling that this whole social networking advertising space may be just one giant bubble waiting to burst….

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. It was 2007.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. Everybody doesn’t have hi-speed Internet. — Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. Not just a problem in terms of access to technology. (It’s It’s all of these.).

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. It’s a very tough decision to walk away from a senior role at what I consider one of the most successful tech companies of Internet era. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Internet pioneers. It was 2007.

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

David Teten

Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content. Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 10) Report.

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How Private Equity Funds Are and Should Be Using Social Media

David Teten

Moreover, some investors use social media specifically to reach out to companies flashing relevant “deal signals” in order to filter the universe of companies. These investors are exploiting the wealth of information about private companies available online, increasingly leaked via social media.