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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 And Danny switches to major shareholder, board member & advisor.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What areas need to be disrupted? PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. Words matter, and there isn't anyone out there who doesn't believe that creativity feeds off diversity of ideas, something we can all get behind. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane? Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. 99% of the articles about the company were positive.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Think creatively. Only the evolution through a video game board with other players trying to agree how the story unfolds.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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This article was originally published on TechCrunch. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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This article originally ran on TechCrunch. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. But every time I talk with senior executives a the big studios or talent agencies I tell the same story, “You know that your industry is being disrupted.

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Copywrong Again: Founding the Next Pinterest or Napster?

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As I wrote in Part I of this post , many of the most creative and disruptive startup businesses in recent years have involved the use of intellectual property in innovative, non-traditional ways that defy easy categorization and stretch the boundaries of concepts such as the fair use doctrine in copyright.