January 2011
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Ron Conway | jacquesmattheij.com →
Ron Conway talks about behind the scenes facts at Google, Facebook, Twitter. Must read.
Jan 31st
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Should You Really Be A Startup Entrepreneur? →
As usual, insightful post by Mark Suster on entrepreneur vs VC as a life decision.
Jan 31st
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Congressional Budget Office - Budget and Economic... →
Summary (pdf) and full doc (pdf).
Jan 31st
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Start Fund: Yuri Milner, SV Angel Offer EVERY New... →
Buying lottery tickets in bulk increases the probability of winning, doesn’t it?
Jan 29th
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Paulson Letter to Investors 2010 →
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Social Commerce Race Is On
Find the difference … svpply fancy wanelo pinterest lemon fund (I’m involved in this one) Product bookmarking, that I would consider the ‘thin edge of the wedge’ to get into social commerce is getting very crowded very quickly.
Jan 28th
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Google APIs & Developer Products - January 2011 →
Uber-geekness warning
Jan 27th
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The European startup ecosystem arrived – but Paul... →
Optimism on European VC, things are moving!
Jan 27th
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Mom and Pop, At Web Scale - Anil Dash →
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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“As Steve Case, founder of AOL, once told me while standing at the bar in the...”
– Andrew Ross Sorkin: A Hefty Price for Entry to Davos - NYTimes.com
Jan 27th
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Leaderboard: Europe’s Biggest Tech Exits |... →
List of large VC-backed companies exits via @robinklein
Jan 27th
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Arthur Benjamin does “Mathemagic” | Video on TED.com
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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E-Payment Space Heats Up
Two big announcements today: Apple will include NFC chips in new iPhone 5 and iPod 5 and Facebook Credits are now mandatory for all games and facebook apps. Apple’s announcement is huge: the iTunes payment platform can really become an alternative payment network, especially if iTunes will accept direct bank wire transfers to user accounts, cutting out credit card fees. In addition, Apple...
Jan 26th
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What’s it Like Being a VC? | Both Sides of the... →
Jan 25th
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Trulia - Rent vs. Buy Index (Q1 2011) →
Awesome interactive graphics via @msuster
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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threewords.me sale →
Really?!
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Google to Launch Groupon Competitor [EXCLUSIVE] →
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Why Europe’s periphery should restructure their... →
Recap by Felix Salmon on what everybody is saying regarding European government debt restructuring.
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Notes On Augmented Reality
Done some research on the Augmented Reality (AR) space this morning. Three leading AR browser / platform providers: Layar Junaio Wikitude Next Android release will probably include an AR browser by Google. I would guess that Google Earth KML will develop into the de facto standard for AR layers, although the three providers above are pushing their own mostly proprietary architectures. ...
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Groupon I.P.O. Said to Value Company at $15... →
Jan 14th
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Object Tagging Mania
Internet of objects meets tagging and social/local commerce. Enabling technology: cell cameras, location-aware mobile phones. Google Goggles Svpply Fancy by Thingd Stipple FoodSpotting Very interesting trend.
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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New York to displace Silicon Valley — TNL.net →
Interesting analysis of the New York vs Silicon Valley debate.
Jan 9th
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10 Business Models That Rocked 2010
Jan 8th
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Facebook 2010 Financials: $1.6B Revenue and $500M...
Based on these figures from Reuters on the the first 9 months of 2010, it seems like Facebook has a nice 30% profit margin and probably a 50%+ EBITDA margin. Valuation of $50 billion still prices in a lot of growth, but is less crazy than I thought.
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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This Is What The World Is Going To Look Like In... →
Slides from HSBC by country on demographic trends and their impact on the economy.
Jan 6th
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Ghost towns of China: Satellite images show cities... →
More shots of China real estate madness.
Jan 4th
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“Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a...”
– Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation - NYTimes.com
Jan 3rd
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market cap apple google microsoft exxon -... →
Market cap of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Exxon Mobile since 2005.
Jan 3rd
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“The euro region will have another debt crisis by this spring, when Spain and...”
– Euro Falls Most in Two Weeks Versus Dollar Amid Funding Concern - Bloomberg
Jan 3rd
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Niall Ferguson lecture on declining empires.
Jan 2nd