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So retailers are now media companies… but is that a good thing?
The retailer is now a publisher. And we see retailers rolling out multi-channel networks filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos…
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Paypal has led the way by opening up its platform but there will be lots of startups focused on digital money in its many…
Google’s Groupon deal makes no sense
Faith Merino at VatorNews reported on Monday that Google had purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion: “… according to an unnamed insider who spoke with…
Salesforce.com in major expansion drive
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Yammer founder on PayPal: Understanding the power of virality…
I spent an evening last week with the founders of the private social network Yammer, Box.net, and Zendesk, and I wanted to share a…
Why Angel funding is killing innovation
I’m a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the…
Tynt: A business built on ‘copy and paste’
Who would think that there is a business in providing an online copy and paste service? Tynt believes that there is a very large…
7 reasons to bootstrap: Angels, VCs or none of the above?
The venture capitalist (VC) community is disdainful of angel investors and their puny funds, but the angels can do deals that VCs cannot because…
The lack of tech IPOs is holding back job expansion in US, says leading VC
Robert Ackerman, a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Allegis Capital, says that tech IPOs will remain scarce and that this will…
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