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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). . I use Diigo , a social bookmarking tool, to keep a record of useful websites.

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

David Teten

Our focus is on sharing information on technologies and systems that make investing in private companies more efficient and effective. . I know a number of large financial services firm which use Hearsay Systems to empower their employees to use Linkedin and other social media tools in a compliant way. Distributing content.

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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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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.

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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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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

Peter: You need to be the top of game in terms of the technology that you’re presenting. We were doing Social bookmarking around health and wellness products. For example, on our first company, our idea was not to do the social bookmarking. You need to be really ahead to your game. Jonathan: Okay.