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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.] market by launching in connection with Facebook viral invites? And, this issue which then leads us to the next point around captivity… 6/ Video Is Captive, Audio Often Isn’t. Remember Stitcher?

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

If you have an hour to watch the TWiVC video of Seth I promise you won’t regret it. Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

As I ask questions to understand the thinking, what usually comes out is something vague along the lines of web marketing, and/or viral growth with no numbers attached. A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare.

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How to Sell High Quality Video Content to Your Fans Using Social Media: Introducing LittleCast

Pascal's View

We are still in the early days of video monetization, and one of the great gaps in the landscape has just been closed by a new startup, LittleCast , that I co-founded with Amra Tareen and Stephen Ackroyd. The discovery problem that plagues most video content on the Web. LittleCast lets any videographer sell video on social networks.

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