Angels, super-angels, micro-cap VCs, and seed incubators are beginning to dominate early-stage consumer web investing. This is a permanent change because the underlying startups themselves have fundamentally changed. Startups also need to adapt to the new ecosystem of investors.
Tech Paparazzi
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Google Instant 'Element's
Following yesterday's launch of Google Instant and the official Google Instant version of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” the same synchronised lyric search has been done with the “Instant Elements” song in the video below based on instant searches to Tom Lehrer’s song, “The Elements”
The video was created by ad agency Whirled, who created the Pulp FictionGoogle Wave video.
via TechCrunch.com
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Paul Graham of Y Combinator on Future Trends
Paul Graham of Y Combinator spoke at the Business of Software conference and answered the question that reporters had repeatedly been asking him for many years: What future trends does he see, based on his experience of funding 144 start ups?
1) Innovation
2) Software
3) Efficient Markets
4) Measurement
5) United States
6) Silicon Valley
7) Small companies
8) Economic inequality
9) Moore's Law
10) Things on screens
11) Server based apps
12) Super good customer service
13) Apparently frivolous stuff
14) Programming languages
15) Open Source
16) Linux
17) iPhone
18) Design
19) Real time
20) Venture funding
21) Founders
Five trends not to bet on
1) Don't bet on credentials granted by institutions
2) Don't bet on Business School
3) Don't bet on the government changing
4) Don't bet on copyright
5) Don't bet on anything that has a restricted flow of information
Thanks to http://www.businessofsoftware.org
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Y Combinator
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Downing Tweet
‘The Downing Tweet Christmas Party’ on Friday 4th December was hosted by Sarah Brown who has over one milllion followers on Twitter. Good to see appearances by Mike Butcher, and Beverley Knight.
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Mike Butcher,
Sarah Brown
Friday, November 20, 2009
From journalism to PR
Will Sturgeon, director of strategy and planning at Harvard Public Relations talk about his new role, experiences moving from journalism to PR and where he sees growth within the market.
Director profile with Will Sturgeon from Reputation Online on Vimeo.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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