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The 12 Startups I’ve Invested In and Why

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I was having dinner with a friend at the National Speakers Association conference a few days ago. Great for a conference call, small meeting, a quick “breather” when you’re traveling, actors working on their lines, etc. I mentioned that I am an investor in that company, and Chris said, “You are?

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Technology Removes Technology

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What do you make of the meteoric rise of the iPhone and iPad ? As I stood watching the line-up for the iPhone 5 today in a shopping mall, I tried to analyze the people willing to stand there and wait on a Saturday for a smartphone that they could have ordered online, and had it delivered to their work or office in short order.

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A Lesson From Facebook That Every Brand Should Learn

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We are actively acquiring startups and scaling our teams with new product launches and developments.". The real answer is, usually: "We're being disrupted by the competition, startups and those outside of our industry. We try to find out information about these brands on our iPhones and we're stuck with terrible mobile experiences.

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A Little Bit About Tungle.me | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

I have lived through the ups and downs of the startup life and the Internet bubble. I also worked several years as a VC, before seeing the light and getting back into a startup called Nimcat Networks, which we sold to Avaya in 2005. I think that our iPhone app is pretty cool. Where did your inspiration for Tungle.me

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Indians in Social Media (2009) «

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We’ve just updated our blog with information concerning the importance of social media for small business ( [link] ) Reply aditya October 1, 2009 at 4:19 pm For the first time in India, PMI is hosting a three day conference on Project management where distinguished speakers from all over the world are invited. Theme: Pressrow.

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OSSCamp Delhi

The Marketing Blog

The focus of the blog has shifted from that of a startup-centric one when it originally started in 2007. I guess, it's an entrepreneur/ blogger fav topic to blog when starts a startup. Home About In the Media Speaker Tips from The Masters ATM Redefined December 5, 2007.12:41 The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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Entrepreneurs: Celebrated in the Private Sector, Hidden in Government

Social Media Strategery

Apple, the ubiquitous electronics company behind the iPhones and iPods we all carry around with us, was started by three guys building computers in their basement. Social Media commercial drapeau entrepreneur entrepreneurship gov20 government opengov private public silicon valley startup.

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