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Some Perspective on Twitter vs. Meerkat

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But the beautiful thing about Twitter in the first place – a bit like the beauty of democracy itself – is that it lets you spout off your opinion and then watch it debated in the public square. What Twitter did to @AppMeerkat was smart – and unusual for them to do to an early app. For me that’s a win.

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The bar is higher

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Even the one time blogging platform of choice Wordpress can, without a lot of hassles, can be manipulated to be your entire site's content management system. If you've got an idea good enough to get accepted to Sprout Box, the team there will actually build your app. Are there not enough blogs out there about viral loops?

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

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For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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Five people that I wish I had something more interesting to say to

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He’s also the creator of one of the most elegantly designed iPhone/iPad apps out there— Instapaper , a thoughtful and simple approach to the habit of reading the random articles you encounter throughout the day. However, a read of his blog depicts well considered intentionality, and I respect that.

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The best appointment schedulers and booking apps in 2023

The Zapier Blog

No two service-based businesses are alike, which means it can be hard to find an appointment scheduling app that works for you. In my years as a small business owner, I've experimented with several appointment scheduling apps—and I've learned what makes a tool stand out from the rest.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. For Stone, that led to the creation of Jelly, a Q&A app and search engine that was later sold to Pinterest. The debut product to test this concept came out last year, through a partnership with music artist Arca to create an iOS app called Lux Aeterna.

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