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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

VC Cafe

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . The term Metaverse was first coined by author Neil Stephenson in the novel ‘Snow Crush’ published in 1992. What is the metaverse?

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Those Beautiful Nest Eggs

Lightspeed Venture Partners

As investors in the company since the early days, we here at Lightspeed have been honored to be a partner of Nest. Tony –working on “iPhone” circa 1992 Me–product manager, having a ball. 2014 big data Cleantech Internet of Things Nest' Congratulations to Tony Fadell, Matt Rogers and the world class team at Nest!

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

Our premise when we started doing branded accelerators with large companies was that we’d get deep mentor involvement from execs at the company we are partnering with. Len and his partner Jerry Poch bought my first company in 1993. The company was decimated by the collapse of the Internet bubble and ultimately went bankrupt.

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Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The embedded presentation above is filled with valuable data on the state of the Internet and trends in technology around the world. How Greylock Partners Finds the Next Facebook – crowdspring.co/Ud9VE5. Redesigning Mary Meeker’s Ugly Internet Slideshow | Businessweek – crowdspring.co/RY0FBD.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) There were a sum total of three or four “venture capital” funds in Pittsburgh at the time, and none of them had done much with this new fangled thing called the Internet. to attend Carnegie Mellon University.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter: July 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Dotomi, which was founded in 2003, raised $17 million in funding since its inception from Globespan Capital, US Venture Partners, Investor Capital and Velocity. The company has developed a kind of private advertising channel that enables advertisers to send marketing messages directly to potential customers via Internet banners.

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Small Business and Startup Tips: Cool Stuff for Your Next Trip

crowdSPRING Blog

Whether you use the internet to map your journey, or a cool app to track your wandering technology can be your best friend, particularly when your destination is a place where you don’t speak the language. Travel, even for business, should be a fun adventure and an opportunity to see new places and experience new things and new people.