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Daily Crunch: Investors back away from Dispo

TechCrunch

Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services — The company envisions application developers embedding video in social, gaming or retail applications. Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch. Dobrik, meanwhile, has stepped down from the Dispo board and left the company. The tech giants.

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Skate Where the Puck is Going

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. Tags: Startup Advice.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. Nick Quain , VP, venture development, Invest Ottawa . “Go Here are some tips and insights on getting through COVID-19 as a business owner.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town. We’re only in the second inning on mobile.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Facebook Apps, iPhone Apps, Social Games and now The Real-time Web (finally a new, sexier buzzword to replace Web 2.0. That died with waterfall software development. Do so at your peril.

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Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest

TechCrunch

“It’s closed dozens of partnerships and business development deals, and with some of the biggest names in tech. Startups developing so-called deep tech often find it challenging to raise capital for various reasons. I don’t think you need to limit advice from people who are “been there, done that.” How does it do it?

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? 15 minutes.