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Beams wants to turn collaborative audio clips into a social media biz

TechCrunch

Users on Beams are encouraged to join interest-based groups and (asynchronously) listen or clip into topic-based threads — on, well, whatever you want to talk about, be it art or politics, fashion, food or music etc etc… Topics on Beams are a real pick’n’mix — and the overall experience can feel pretty random.

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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

TechCrunch

“We will benefit from their unique experience and ability to create amazing experiences that help organizations use virtual spaces to drive impact. “Active Replica will continue to work with our existing customers, partners and community.” Mozilla’s forays into the metaverse have had been met with mixed results.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence.

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Are you Ready 2 Pitch? (R2P)

Impact Hub

Are you Ready 2 Pitch? At Impact Hub we are a community and space, offering opportunities for investment, training, networking and providing solutions for innovation and sustainability within the entrepreneurial sector. The post Are you Ready 2 Pitch? R2P): Where Start-Ups meet investors, business partners, and customers.

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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

Founders seeking to tap into this rare mix of reach, influence, and capital must navigate this terrain with an immense amount of intention and foresight. A few of those moments include: Questlove’s recent collaboration with Whatnot , a live shopping and social marketplace. Do your homework on where your investor has influence.

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How to Use Reciprocal Marketing as a Growth Strategy for Your Startup

StartupNation

Most companies leverage these organic channels anyway, so adding reciprocity to the mix takes minimal effort. As long as they’re not used excessively, there’s nothing sketchy about reciprocal links. Use a tool like SimilarWeb to check their website traffic statistics. Establish your own social media community.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?