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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

I’ve listed below my current social media toolkit. Our focus is on sharing information on technologies and systems that make investing in private companies more efficient and effective. . I use this social bookmarking tool to keep a record of useful websites. Tech stack. Crunchbase. This is hosted by NFX.

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

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. 1) Manage the firm .

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Previously he was CEO of Quigo Technologies, a contextual ad network, which he sold to AOL for a reported $340m+.

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5 Trends That Will Shape Small Business in 2012

Duct Tape Marketing

Social networks evolve into markets. As social networks become more important in the lives of their users and the level of social behavior continues to evolve, they will become much more than outposts. Apps inside social networks provide answers. Here are my predictions for 2012.

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Why My Search Engine Use Is Dwindling and Why Yours Will Too

Duct Tape Marketing

My use of search engine technology is slowly being replaced by the use of apps that provide me with answers relevant to my personal needs. This trend highlights the marketers need to go beyond SEO and PPC and move even deeper into the worlds of social networks, mobile marketing and app based local marketplaces.