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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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One year ago I predicted that in 2010/11 the economy, far from being on the path of permanent recovery was on a temporary resurgence and there was a strong possibility of a “double dip” recession. between June and July 2010 (and 25% from a year ago). raise money now to weather any storms).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. We were on services called CompuServe and Prodigy. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. The Past (1985-2002).

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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Will you get the TechCrunch bump, the tier-1 VC anointment, followed by great PR firm support and then the NY Times or WSJ story that follows? So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. Financial Services? Sure, that’s a fine category.

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When good things happen to good people: SinglePlatform acquired by Constant Contact

This is going to be BIG.

I first met Wiley Cerilli on April 23, 2010. The hard sale was never going to work and so he went about developing a better methodology--one about being supportive of the customer and thinking about how what you did made their life easier. If you've ever met Wiley, you know you can bank on him maxing out that additional $30 million.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users?

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. 14mm in Series C; $25mm in Series B raised in March 2010; $44mm raised in total. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”. LivingSocial. Read more: peHUB.

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Why We Need to Elect @EricGarcetti on Tues as Next Mayor of Los Angeles

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If you live in LA (or even if you don’t you can help amplify) please consider Tweeting the following: “I support the tech industry. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%.