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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. We’re clearly in the early stages on Twitter monetization but let me offer some views on why we find Ad.ly

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). But of course Google eventually became the massive winner in this category. When we look at Twitter we’re following friends or people from whom we want to know more information.

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

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Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance? Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? Another Twitter’s innovation was “asymmetry&# because you didn’t have to have a two-way following relationship to be connected. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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

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Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance? Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? Social Networking goes Real Time: Twitter. Twitter is not the place to share pictures of your kids with your family. Twitter is much more. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

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It’s even a direct quote in my Twitter bio. My partner Steven Dietz is an auto enthusiast and more than just an admirer of amazing cars he has worked around the auto industry for 20 years and backed a couple of billion-dollar startups in the category. I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

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I don’t believe it’s hyperbole to say that Twitter and Facebook are truly transformative at a societal level, for example. Sure, that’s a fine category. It’s not all sunshine and candy canes. We are building a lot of stuff now that has no longevity. But next month I’m on to the next one.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. If we’re doing too many deals in eCommerce or healthcare IT we might ask whether we’re seeing enough deals in other categories. Far from it.

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