Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Network Up. But an equally obvious case is BitCoin where people who live in Iran, Syria or Libya may rather put their money into non-governmental units (even knowing the risks) than to trust their local governmental leaders to protect their assets from inflation or seizure. Prices down. But what else? Collaboration. Retailer wins.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

All of this has become a lot more relevant lately given social networking. He has founded a new social networking site called AnyBeat to take on this issue. And, harrumph, do I really want to go to another fucking social network. Social networks are like Iran. Think about it. That way you can be yourself.”

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. While most of the social networks, cloud computing, web and mobile app companies we see today will fail, a few will literally remake our lives. Here are two views how.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2023

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Any mention of “offshore.” Sounds too good to be true.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2014

Iran, and India. Social networks offer the opportunity for people to re-connect with their old friends and acquaintances, make new friends, trade ideas, share content and pictures, and many other activities. Unfortunately, there are a few downsides too to social networking. Impact on Business. Effect on Socialization.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If you look at Hulu and said, “the networks will never enable a strong competitor to broadcast TV you’d need to put your head in the sand. Yet I’d argue that each has achieved basecamp. Neither is sure to reach the top but both have helped to redraw the landscape about how the future of how the television industry will work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Any mention of “offshore”. Sounds too good to be true.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Iran isn’t well-known for its cyber skills, but this individual definitely placed them on the map. It might seem like a rather low-hanging target, until you recollect that this is one of the USA’s (and therefore the world’s) biggest satellite and cable television networks. Behzad Mesri. He wanted $5.5

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. The only interference we see is from Vodafone in some countries, and in Iran. Do you see Viber ever moving ‘up the stack’ and becoming a social network tying everything together, rather than a predominantly communications-focused service?

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Mucker Lab

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Sam is a Persian Prince – and you know I am deeply proud of our shared Iran roots – and Theodor is Swedish. Sweden is pretty much my favorite non-Iran country. He started his first company at age 18, and his social gaming network, Hello , is a pretty big deal!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 10, 2010

And interested to hear her insights on being publicly private in social networks. Four excellent sessions at 11am: - 2009 Iran Election will hopefully settle an ongoing argument I’m having about social media’s true impact on real-world events. Marten Mickos is sure to provide some interesting perspective. Or privately public.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. That’s the beauty of markets and of capitalism. Even Sequoia.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

I was born in Iran and I grew up there. Then in 1978, the Iranian Revolution happened, and you know, it was a religious revolution, and the folks who were associated with the Shah or the wealthy families et cetera were not safe and not welcome in Iran. I’ll start with my dad: he went back to Iran to be at his father’s deathbed.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Entertainments in all their wondrous forms – Movies, Video Games, Social Media and Networks (think LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter). Korea, Iran, et al.), That stuff? Ideas and Innovations. Strategies. Or more prosaically, Brands. the modern world has become a perfectly competitive market in all of the best senses.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) The US has a significant advantage in its network of alliances and partners. If you can’t see the slides click here. To do so, we.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Not so on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

As you become a large, open network for referral traffic your long-term strategic value goes up. As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. Iran Twitter Image courtesy of political cartoonist John Cole for the Scranton Times. So we value things like &# referral traffic&# much less. That’s the Google lesson. See you then.

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management.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. The big question is: Are they actually right? Posted in: Arrogance , Conviction , Entrepreneurs , Humility , Leadership. Join the Conversation. Most Popular. The PC looks like its dying. Stocks gain on hopes for central bank action. Pfizer settles foreign bribery charges.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The NDS observed that we not only faced non-nation states (terror organizations,) but going forward we have to plan for 2+3 adversaries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and the non-nations states.) The US has a significant advantage in its network of alliances and partners. If you can’t see the slides click here. To do so, we.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Caught in between, social media companies try to constructively engage with both the “right” and the “left” domestically while rooting out foreign influences from antagonistic nations like Russia and Iran. During the past few years, significant political manipulation by foreign operatives occurred in smaller networks like 4Chan as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Allow untrusted network participants to trade If you started a business 200 years ago you could mostly only trade in your local economy and you relied about “traders” who could transport your products great distances to those who might like to buy them in foreign lands. That would be like Turkey’s voting to have Thanksgiving dinner.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

Whether it’s for the leader of a network or the leader of the free world.” link] So why is Moonves still in his job and why haven’t the board taken action? My guess is that they will but as somebody who’s dealt with thorny board situations it’s not always easy and straightforward. If you like this topic you’ll love the book.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Clear Goals : The immediate threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea provide a unifying goal: to rapidly develop and deliver cutting-edge technologies, advanced weapons systems, and innovative operating concepts to deter aggression or win a war.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And one of the first things that you saw is that you had daily cases being exported from Italy, especially from Italy but also from Iran but especially from Italy, to all the corners of the Earth. It's different networks mixing with each other and talking a lot. Why You Must Act Now is a call to action. They're touching each other.

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