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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. And global. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 But distribution is now unlimited.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! There are 20x more consumers online.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

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It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. Reminds me of how the networks today announced they were blocking their video content from being shown on Google TV. The song spread globally. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

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Aziz: RIM has over 300,000 registered developers globally. RIM has over 67 million subscribers to-date, which makes it easy for any developer to build an application for a global market. Top five categories over the last two years: 1) Games; 2) Utilities; 3) Themes; 4) Entertainment; 5) IM & Social Networking. .

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

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Follow along as we explore 10 of the most exciting college business incubators around today, and be sure to share your own favorites in the comments: Entrepreneurs Hall @ The RIT Global Village. At Rochester Institute of Technology’s Entrepreneurs Hall, innovation is a way of life. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

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Be Shareable

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by Tim Staples and Josh Young, co-authors of “ Break Through the Noise: The Nine Rules to Capture Global Attention “ I’d blown it. On the other side of the door was Cristiano Ronaldo, the global soccer superstar and one of the most famous people in the world. Going Viral. And he had just kicked me out.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Of course you can have a few competitors and still find enough charges but once you’ve gotten 2–3 big players in any city it’s hard to imagine many more players building out as efficient of a charger network as the early innovator. Not really.