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I Got Lucky
via A VC by Fred on May 29, 2008
A recent commenter suggested that I blog about the post-MBA experience I had when I got into the venture capital business. This is my version of the story and I'll make it as brief as I can. There are several lessons to take away from it. I'll get to them at the end.In 1986, between the summer of my first and second year at Wharton (Univ of Penn's business school), I got a break, the...
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Billboards That Look Back
via NYT > Technology by (author unknown) on May 30, 2008
Shared by charlie anzman Creepy stuff!New technology has made it possible, using tiny cameras, to gather details about people looking at billboard ads, such as their age or gender.
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The Empire Strikes Back: Our Analysis Of Microsoft Live Search Cashback
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 21, 2008
Everyone has an opinion on today’s move by Microsoft to shake things up in the search space with their new Live Search Cashback product that shifts search advertising from cost-per-click (CPC) to cost-per-action (CPA) and give a lot of the revenue back to users. Most are negative. Some excessively so. After hearing Bill Gates give the pitch and trying the service myself to make a couple of...
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Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Million For 20,000 Charities And
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
Shared by SharonG i can't believe people actually donate money via the causes app on facebook!Causes, a Facebook-only application that promotes viral donations of time and money to charities and nonprofits, launched a year ago. They’ve now released statistics today on their usage and donation numbers for that first year.The company says they’ve registered 12 million users who are now...
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How Bill Gates hired Steve Ballmer [Microsoft]
via Valleywag by Nicholas Carlson on May 27, 2008
In this clip, excerpted from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher's interview with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer at the All Things D conference down in Carlsbad, Ballmer explains how Gates hired him during his first year at Stanford business school. Ballmer says Gates called him up and lamented the fact that he "didn't have a twin" he could hire to work at Microsoft. The...
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Next Gen Apps Won't Be Pushed Around By the Browser
via ReadWriteWeb by Marshall Kirkpatrick on May 19, 2008
The invention of the browser was a huge boon to the internet and a substantial amount of computing now goes on through that interface we've grown to love. The internet is not a place where innovation takes a break, though, and a new generation of applications are emerging that have a different relationship with the web browser.From taking control of the browser to connecting to the web...
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Navigating the "NOISE" of the Internet
via That JUST happened! by (author unknown) on May 27, 2008
VC Stu Phillips has a great post on his blog talking about the ever-growing noise of the Internet. The basic premise is that every day new services are launched online and as a result the overall universe of possible information to consume expands at a exponential rate. One major side effect of this situation is that the pool of information that is personally relevant and ultimately useful...
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DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 22, 2008
DimP, a direct manipulation video player, lets users drag items on the video screen to move forward and back instead of just via a scroll bar on the bottom of the video. This is not only more fun, but it also allows users to scroll through video to where they want to be “at least two times faster,” In a paper presented by Pierre Dragicevic, Gonzalo Ramos, Jacobo Bibliowicz, Derek...
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The Importance Of A Competitive Search Market
via TechCrunch by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
Shared by Robert Scoble Search isn't over, but maybe the monetization of search is over. Is there another way for anyone to make money on search? And can anyone really compete with Google? I don't see how. Of course this has happened before. Remember Alta Vista?Are Microsoft’s attempts to compete in search and reinvent itself as an advertising company nothing more attempts to get back...
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Nudibranchs—Photo Gallery—National Geographic Magazine
via ngm.nationalgeographic.com by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
Shared by Evaristo colorfulToxic nudibranchs—soft, seagoing slugs—produce a brilliant defense.
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