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

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The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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It is the oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria that is Tweeted before people even know a disruption may happen. In the B round we invested the maximum amount we could alongside the lead – Scale Venture Partners. years ago and still rings true today, stating the unique Twitter attributes that are disruptive: Real time. Asymmetric.

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